Information about Min Nan dialect

oana_ls · 03-21-2008, 09:13 AM

Hello,

These days I came across the Min Nan, Minnan, or Min-nan dialect. From what I have read about it on the internet I understood that it "refers to a family of Chinese languages/dialects which are spoken in southern Fujian and neighboring areas". I also read that when writing Min Nan in Chinese characters, some writers need to create new characters in order to express certain things. I find this to be very interesting.
I would be very interested in hearing the opinion of a native speaker regarding this dialect, and how much different it is from the Chinese language.

Looking forward to finding out new and interesting things

Have a lovely day everyone!

OANA

03-21-2008, 09:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
oana_ls Growing Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UK Posts: 17 oana_ls is an unknown character at this point	Information about Min Nan dialect Hello, These days I came across the Min Nan, Minnan, or Min-nan dialect. From what I have read about it on the internet I understood that it "refers to a family of Chinese languages/dialects which are spoken in southern Fujian and neighboring areas". I also read that when writing Min Nan in Chinese characters, some writers need to create new characters in order to express certain things. I find this to be very interesting. I would be very interested in hearing the opinion of a native speaker regarding this dialect, and how much different it is from the Chinese language. Looking forward to finding out new and interesting things Have a lovely day everyone! OANA
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