Hainanese dialect

Hainanese 海南話
Spoken in:	China, United States (California), Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong
Region:	Hainan
Total speakers:	1.1 million
Language family:	Sino-Tibetan  Chinese   Min    Min Nan     Hainanese
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	zh
ISO 639-2:	chi (B)	(T)
ISO 639-3:	–
Hainanese
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Qiongwen (琼文) or Hainanese (海南話) is a branch of the Min Nan group of Chinese spoken in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan. "Hainanese" can sometimes mean the language of the Li people living in the southern coast of Hainan, but generally means the Qiongwen language of the Han Chinese in Hainan. It is mutually unintelligible with other Min Nan dialects, such as Hokkien, Teochew, and Taiwanese.

[edit] See also

• Pinyin

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