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ISO 639-3 · hnmhnm
Sino-Tibetan family

Hainanese

Hainanese is a language of the Coastal Min branch (Sino-Tibetan), spoken in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Wikidata counts about 1.1 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “group of Min Chinese varieties spoken in Hainan”.

Hani1.1 m
At a glance
ISO 639-3
hnm
Glottocode
hain1238
Wikipedia
25 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
—UNESCO level

Facts

NameHainanese
Also calledQióng yǔ, Hái-nâm-oe, Hhai3 nam2 ue1, Hái-nâm-jî
All speakers1,100,000
Written inChinese characters

Vitality

Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Hainanese yet.

family tree

From Sino-Tibetan to Hainanese

The branches above Hainanese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.