Kinmen dialect of Hokkien

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The Kinmen dialect of Hokkien is a regional variety of Southern Min Chinese spoken on Kinmen Island, closely related to Taiwanese Hokkien but preserving several older phonological and lexical features.

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Label Occurrences
Kinmen dialect of Hokkien canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dialect
Southern Min variety
regional language variety
associatedWith Kinmen cultural identity
closelyRelatedTo Taiwanese Hokkien
coexistsWith Mandarin in Kinmen
comparedWith Taiwanese Hokkien in linguistic research
country Republic of China (Taiwan)
linked to: Republic of China
distinctFrom Cantonese
Standard Mandarin
linked to: Standard Chinese

Teochew
hasAlternativeName Kinmen Hokkien
Kinmen Minnan
linked to: Kinmen Hokkien
hasFeature conservative pronunciation compared to urban Xiamen
lexical items not common in modern Taiwanese Hokkien
mutual intelligibility with Taiwanese Hokkien
tone system similar to Quanzhou-type Hokkien
hasPhonology Southern Min-type phonology
checked tones in entering syllables
hasSociolinguisticStatus local vernacular in Kinmen
historicallyRelatedTo Quanzhou dialect of Hokkien
linked to: Quanzhou dialect

Xiamen dialect of Hokkien
linked to: Xiamen dialect
influencedBy Quanzhou Hokkien
linked to: Quanzhou dialect

Xiamen Hokkien
linked to: Xiamen dialect
influences Taiwanese Hokkien spoken by Kinmen migrants
ISOStatus not assigned a separate ISO 639-3 code from Southern Min
languageBranch Sinitic languages
linked to: Chinese language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageGroup Southern Min
linguisticClassification Min Nan
preservesFeature older lexical items of Southern Min
older phonological features of Southern Min
region Fujian region
linked to: Fujian
sharesFeaturesWith Taiwanese Hokkien
spokenIn Kinmen County
linked to: Kinmen

Kinmen Island
linked to: Kinmen
subclassOf Hokkien
Southern Min
subjectOf dialectological studies of Southern Min
usedBy local population of Kinmen
older generations in Kinmen more than younger speakers
usedIn daily communication in Kinmen
local culture of Kinmen
oral traditions in Kinmen
writingSystem Chinese characters
Latin-based romanization systems

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Jincheng Township hasLocalLanguage Kinmen dialect of Hokkien