Min Chinese speakers explained

Group:Min
Native Name:閩民系
Native Name Lang:zh
Total:Approximately 115,000,000
Regions:People's Republic of China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hong Kong, Macau), Taiwan
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Japan, Europe, United States
Languages:Min Chinese
Religions:Major religions include Buddhism (Theravada Buddhism or Chinese Buddhism), Confucianism, Daoism, Chinese folk religion
Minor religions include Christianity and other religions
Related:Han Chinese (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Leizhou people, Hainan people, Taiwanese people, Puxian people, Min-Vietnamese people), Ancient Minyue people

Min-speaking peoples are a major subgroup of ethnic Han Chinese people, speaking Min Chinese languages. They mainly live or trace roots from Fujian, Hainan, Southern Zhejiang and Guangdong province's Leizhou and Chaoshan regions. In the Chinese diaspora, they form the majority of people in Taiwan and the majority of Han Chinese in Southeast Asian countries, like Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The first two countries have majority Teochew-speaking Chinese minorities, whereas the last four house Hokkien-speaking Chinese minorities.

Subgroups

Mainland China

Fujian

Guangdong

Zhejiang

Hainan

Japan

Taiwan

Philippines

Brunei

Malaysia

Singapore

Indonesia

Myanmar

Thailand

Cambodia

Vietnam

Madagascar

See also