Hainanese
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Key facts
- Language.name
- Hainanese
- Language.altname
- Qiongwen, Hainan Min
- Language.nativename
- 海南話, Hhai3 nam2 ue1, Hái-nâm-oe
- Language.pronunciation
- (Haikou dialect)
- Language.states
- China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
- Language.region
- Hainan
- Language.ethnicity
- Hainanese (Han Chinese subgroup)
- Language.speakers
- Around 5 million in China
- Language.date
- 2002
- Language.familycolor
- Sino-Tibetan
- Language.fam2
- Sinitic
- Language.fam3
- Chinese
- Language.fam4
- Min
- Language.fam5
- Coastal Min
- Language.fam6
- Southern Min?
- Language.fam7
- Qiong–Lei
- Language.dia1
- Haikou
- Language.dia2
- Wenchang
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Phonology
- Consonants
- Vowels
- Tones
- Romanization
- Hainanese Pinyin
- Initials
- Finals
- Grammar
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|The Book of Genesis in Bǽh-oe-tu, published by the Bible Society of Great Britain
Hainanese is a variety of Min Chinese spoken in the island of Hainan and regional overseas Chinese communities.