Taiwanese Hokkien
E123149
Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1080155 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Taiwanese Hokkien Context triple: [Republic of China, recognizedLanguage, Taiwanese Hokkien]
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A.
Teochew
Teochew is a Southern Min Chinese dialect originating from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong, widely spoken in overseas Chinese communities across Southeast Asia.
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B.
Cantonese
Cantonese is a major Chinese language variety spoken primarily in Guangdong province, Hong Kong, Macau, and among overseas Chinese communities worldwide.
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C.
Formosan languages
Formosan languages are a group of indigenous Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the native peoples of Taiwan and considered crucial for understanding the early diversification of the Austronesian language family.
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D.
Southwestern Mandarin
Southwestern Mandarin is a major branch of Mandarin Chinese spoken across much of southwestern China, characterized by distinct phonological features and regional variations.
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E.
Northern Mandarin
Northern Mandarin is the largest and most influential group of Mandarin Chinese dialects, forming the basis for Standard Chinese and widely spoken across northern and southwestern China.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Taiwanese Hokkien Target entity description: Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.
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A.
Teochew
Teochew is a Southern Min Chinese dialect originating from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong, widely spoken in overseas Chinese communities across Southeast Asia.
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B.
Cantonese
Cantonese is a major Chinese language variety spoken primarily in Guangdong province, Hong Kong, Macau, and among overseas Chinese communities worldwide.
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C.
Formosan languages
Formosan languages are a group of indigenous Austronesian languages spoken primarily by the native peoples of Taiwan and considered crucial for understanding the early diversification of the Austronesian language family.
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D.
Southwestern Mandarin
Southwestern Mandarin is a major branch of Mandarin Chinese spoken across much of southwestern China, characterized by distinct phonological features and regional variations.
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E.
Northern Mandarin
Northern Mandarin is the largest and most influential group of Mandarin Chinese dialects, forming the basis for Standard Chinese and widely spoken across northern and southwestern China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese language variety
ⓘ
Sinitic language ⓘ Southern Min language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Taiwanese
ⓘ
Taiwanese Hoklo ⓘ Taiwanese Holo ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwanese Minnan
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwanese Southern Min
|
| associatedEthnicGroup |
Hoklo people
ⓘ
Hoklo people ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwanese people
|
| closelyRelatedTo |
Amoy Hokkien
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Quanzhou dialect ⓘ Zhangzhou dialect ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
heritage language of Hoklo people in Taiwan
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marker of Taiwanese identity ⓘ |
| differsFrom |
Standard Chinese
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Mandarin
|
| glottocode | taia1237 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Kaohsiung subvariety
ⓘ
Tainan subvariety ⓘ Taipei subvariety ⓘ Yilan subvariety ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | nan ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom |
Classical Chinese
ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| hasMedia |
Taiwanese Hokkien TV channels
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Taiwanese Hokkien radio stations ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | analytic morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
checked tones
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distinction between literary and colloquial readings ⓘ tone language ⓘ tone sandhi ⓘ |
| hasSyntacticFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
sentence-final particles ⓘ topic-prominent structure ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Southern Fujian dialects ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ |
| majorityLanguageIn | southern Taiwan ⓘ |
| majorVernacularIn |
Taiwan, Province of China
ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
|
| migrationHistory | brought to Taiwan by settlers from Fujian during Ming and Qing dynasties ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
Cantonese
ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersEstimate | 15000000 ⓘ |
| officialStatus | recognized as a national language in Taiwan ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Ministry of Education of the ROC
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surface form:
Ministry of Education of Taiwan
|
| romanizationSystem |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
ⓘ
Tailo ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Fujian
ⓘ
surface form:
Fujian Province
Japan Taiwanese communities ⓘ Kinmen ⓘ Matsu Islands ⓘ Penghu Islands ⓘ Southeast Asian Chinese communities ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
United States Taiwanese communities ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Chinese languages
ⓘ
Southern Min ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication in Taiwan
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folk literature ⓘ popular music in Taiwan ⓘ radio broadcasting in Taiwan ⓘ religious practices in Taiwan ⓘ television dramas in Taiwan ⓘ traditional opera ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | local language education in Taiwan schools ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Chinese characters
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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Subject: Taiwanese Hokkien Description of subject: Taiwanese Hokkien is a Southern Min Chinese language variety widely spoken in Taiwan, where it serves as a major vernacular and cultural language alongside Mandarin.
Referenced by (122)
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