Min Nan Chinese

Min Nan Chinese

閩南語
50M speakers · Sino-Tibetan Sinitic · Han
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ChinaChina (Taiwan)

Written in the han script. Uses SVO word order with analytic morphology. Notable features include tonal distinctions, a politeness/honorific system, pronoun dropping.

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Typology

Word order SVO
Adjective before noun
Adposition preposition
Tonal yes

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