Chinese, Min Nan

Nationality Classification
汉族 Han
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
汉语闽方言闽南话
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Chinese, Min Nan
ISO 639-3 Code
nan
Language Stock Classification
汉语(汉语族)Sinitic
Primary Province or Region
福建省 Fujian Province
Location (in China)
Mainland: southern Fujian, Guangdong, southern Hainan, southern Zhejiang, southern Jiangxi provinces; Taiwan Province: Tainan, Penghu Archipelago, cities on the east coast, western plain except for a few Hakka pockets.
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
40,725,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
1984