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Hainanese
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Also known as Qióng yǔ, Hái-nâm-oe, Hhai3 nam2 ue1, Hái-nâm-jî

thumb|The Book of Genesis in Bǽh-oe-tu, published by the Bible Society of Great Britain

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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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hainanese” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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