User:Yhjow/Hoklo people
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The Hoklo People (Chinese:河洛人) are Han people whose traditional Ancestral homes are in southern Fujian of China. They are also known by various endonym as Hok-ló, Hō-ló, or Ho̍h-ló, or other related terms such as Min-nan people (閩南人) or Hokkiens (福建人).
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Total population | |
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Around 41.3 million (est. worldwide) [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Fujian Guangdong Hainan | |
Taiwan | Majority of Taiwanese |
Hong Kong | A minority population |
Philippines | Majority of Chinese Filipinos |
Malaysia | Largest group of Malaysian Chinese |
Singapore | Largest group of Chinese Singaporean |
Languages | |
Hokkien dialect of Minnan and Standard Mandarin. Diaspora also speak their respective home country's language(s) | |
Religion | |
Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, non-religion
Small Christian minority |
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In narrow perspective, the Hoklo people refers usually to people who speak and use the Hokkien dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken in southern Fujian, Taiwan, and by many overseas Chinese throughout Southeast Asia.
In wide perspective, the Hoklo people can include users of other Min Nan Chinese such as Zhongshan Min, Zhenan Min, Teochew dialect, Hainanese etc[2].