Philippine Hokkien
| Philippine Hokkien | |
|---|---|
| Fookien; Fukien | |
| 咱儂話 (Lán-lâng-ōe) | |
| Native to | Philippines, Canada, United States and other overseas communities |
| Region | Metro Manila, Angeles City, Cebu, Bacolod City and Dumaguete City, Vigan, Ilagan, Davao City, Iloilo City, Zamboanga City and other Philippine communities with substantial Chinese communities. |
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Native speakers
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(590,000 cited 1982) (98.7% of all Chinese in the Philippines) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-jek > [to be expanded and refined] |
Philippine Hokkien (Chinese: 咱儂話; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lán-lâng-ōe; literally: "our people's language"), is the variant of Hokkien as spoken by about 98.7% of the ethnic Chinese population of the Philippines. A mixed version that involves this language with Tagalog and English is Hokaglish.
The term Philippine Hokkien is used when differentiating the variety of Hokkien spoken in the Philippines from those spoken in Taiwan, China, and other Southeast Asian countries.
There are various terms that native to the speaker itself used:
In the Philippines, all terms are used interchangeably to refer to Philippine Hokkien.
Philippine Hokkien is generally similar to the Hokkien dialect spoken in Quanzhou, however, the Hokkien dialect spoken in Xiamen, also known as Amoy (Chinese: 廈門話), is considered the standard and prestigious form of Hokkien. Minor differences with other Hokkien dialects in Taiwan, China, or throughout Southeast Asia only occur in terms of vocabulary.
Hokkien is spoken by ethnic Chinese throughout the Philippines. Major metropolitan areas that have a significant number of Chinese include Metro Manila, Metro Cebu and Metro Davao. Other cities which also substantial Chinese populations in Angeles City, Bacolod City, Cagayan de Oro, Dagupan City, Dumaguete City, Ilagan, Iloilo City, Legaspi, Naga City, Tacloban City, Vigan and Zamboanga City.
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