Source Word
Min Nan
Proper noun
A
group
of
local
languages/dialects
which
can
trace
their
origins
to
southern
Fujian
province,
China.
In
common
parlance,
Southern
Min
usually
refers
to
Hokkien,
which
includes
Amoy
dialect,
Taiwanese
Hokkien
and
other
varieties
in
Southeast
Asia.
It
belongs
to
the
Min
dialect
group
of
the
Sinitic
branch
of
the
Sino-Tibetan
language
family.
Japanese Meaning
中国福建省南部に起源を持つ地域言語・方言群。一般的にはホッキエン語を指し、アモイ方言、台湾閩南語、東南アジアのその他の変種が含まれる。
Sense（1）
A
group
of
local
languages/dialects
which
can
trace
their
origins
to
southern
Fujian
province,
China.
In
common
parlance,
Southern
Min
usually
refers
to
Hokkien,
which
includes
Amoy
dialect,
Taiwanese
Hokkien
and
other
varieties
in
Southeast
Asia.
It
belongs
to
the
Min
dialect
group
of
the
Sinitic
branch
of
the
Sino-Tibetan
language
family.
