闽南话

Traditional form:

閩南話

Pinyin (reading):

Mǐnnánhuà

Definitions:

• Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas
• Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min

Characters:

• 闽 - Fujian province; a river; a tribe
• 南 - south; southern; southward
• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect

Traditional characters:

• 閩 - Fujian province; a river; a tribe
• 南 - south; southern; southward
• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect