Where is Minnan dialect?

Minnan dialect, which originated in the Luoshui Valley of the Yellow River, moved to southern Fujian in the Western Jin, Tang and Northern Song Dynasties and originated in Quanzhou, Fujian. At present, it is mainly distributed in four Chaoshan cities, namely, northeast Fujian, southeast Zhejiang, Chaoshan area in Guangdong (Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei), Huizhou, Pearl River Delta, Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong, Hainan Island and most Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.

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There are many Minnan people among overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. Many immigrants from China in this area came from Hoklo in southern Fujian, and brought their languages to today's Myanmar, Indonesia (former dutch east indies) and Malaysia and Singapore (former British Malaya and Strait colonies).

Generally speaking, Min Nan in southern Fujian is called Minnan, Minnan, Minnan or Minnan in Southeast Asia. Most of the Minnan languages spoken in other places are mutually understood. Many Chinese in Southeast Asia also originated in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province, and speak Chaozhou dialect, which is a variant of Min Nan in this area. It is reported that as many as 98.5% Filipinos from China live in the Philippines.

Minnan people account for the majority of Chinese in Singapore, Fujian people are the largest group, and chaozhou people is the second largest group. Although there are similarities, these two groups are rarely regarded as part of the same "Minnan" China group.

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