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Kind of strange that this refers to "Sinitic" contrasting to "Min Nan" when Min Nan is a Sinitic language.
by taejo 9y ago
Kind of strange that this refers to "Sinitic" contrasting to "Min Nan" when Min Nan is a Sinitic language.
- tsing 9y agoJust learnt that "Min Nan" dialect can be referred to "Hokkien"
- jpatokal 9y ago"Hokkien" is an approximation of how "Fujian" is pronounced in Min Nan, which in turn means "Southern Min" (dialect/language). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Min https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Min
- HumanDrivenDev 9y agoSingaporeans and Malaysians almost always call the language "Hokkien" - at least when speaking English. "Min Nan" seems like a term only linguists use.