Hoklo people
The Hokkien people (Chinese: 福佬人; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho̍h-ló-lâng) are a Han Chinese subgroup who speak Hokkien, a Southern Min language, or trace their ancestry to Southeastern Fujian, China and known by various endonyms or other related terms such as Banlam (Minnan) people (閩南人; Bân-lâm-lâng) or more commonly known in southeast asian countries as Hokkien people (福建人; Hok-kiàn-lâng). The Hokkien people are found in significant numbers in Mainland China (Fujian), Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Myanmar, the United States, Hong Kong, and Macau. The Hokkien people have a distinct culture and architecture, including Hokkien shrines and temples with tilted sharp eaves, high and slanted top roofs, and finely detailed decorative inlays of wood and porcelain. The Hokkien language, which includes the Taiwanese Hokkien dialect, is the mainstream Southern Min (Minnan), which is partially mutually intelligible to the Teochew language, Hainanese, Luichew, Hailokhong.
閩南泉漳民族 | |
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A Hokkien family in Southern Fujian, 1920 | |
| Total population | |
| ~60,000,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Mainland China | Fujian |
| Taiwan | Majority of Han Taiwanese (~22,277,000) |
| Malaysia | Largest group of Malaysian Chinese |
| Singapore | Largest group of Chinese Singaporeans |
| Philippines | Largest group of Chinese Filipinos |
| Indonesia | Largest group of Chinese Indonesians |
| Brunei | Largest group of Bruneian Chinese |
| Myanmar | One of the four largest groups of Burmese Chinese (figure combined with the Hakka and Cantonese people) |
| United States | 70,000+ |
| Vietnam | ~45,000 |
| Hong Kong | Minority population |
| Macau | Minority population |
| Languages | |
| Mother tongue: Hokkien Others: Standard Chinese, English, national language(s) of respective countries they inhabit | |
| Religion | |
| Chinese folk religions (including Taoism, Confucianism, ancestral worship and others), Mahayana Buddhism, Christianity and non-religious | |