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Chinese, Min Nan

Alternate names: Minnan, Southern Min Also: in Brunei -- Min Nan, Minnan; in Cambodia -- Minnan, Southern Min; in Philippines -- Min Nan; in Singapore -- Min Nam, Southern Min; in Taiwan -- Min Nan, Minnan; in Thailand -- Min Nan, Minnan; in Indonesia -- Min Nan, Minnan; in Malaysia -- Min Nan, Minnan
Scriptures published: Bible (1884--1933) New Testament (1896--1974) Portions (1875--1916)
Literacy: Highly literate in Chinese and they use that literature. Literacy rate in second language: 91% (Census 2000 for Han nationality)
Primary country: China
Region: South Fujian, Guangdong, south Hainan, south Zhejiang, and south Jiangxi provinces. Xiamen in south Fujian and Jiangxi provinces; Hainan in Hainan; Leizhou on Leizhou peninsula of southwest Guangdong Province; Chao-Shan in far east corner of Guangdong Province in Chaozhou-Shantou area; Longdu is a dialect island around Zhongshan city and Shaxi in Guangdong Province, south of Guangzhou; Zhenan Min in southeast Zhejiang Province around Pingyang and Cangnan and on Zhoushan archipelago of northeast Zhejiang Province
Also used in: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, , Indonesia, Morocco, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Republic of China, Thailand, United States
Religion: Traditional religion, Buddhist, Christian, Daoist
Status: De facto language of national identity in Taiwan
Number of users: 46,757,560 (25,700,000 in China (1984); 13,100 in Brunei (2006); 350,000 in Cambodia (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001); 592,000 in Philippines; 471,000; 15,000,000 in Taiwan (1997 A. Chang); 1,080,000 in Thailand; 700,000 in Indonesia (1982); 2,660,000 in Malaysia (2000))