Hokkien - Fukkengo

Japanese: 福建語 - ふっけんご

A group of Chinese dialects centered in Fujian Province, also known as Min. There are large internal differences in distribution, and they are broadly divided into (1) southern Min represented by Xiamen (centered on the southeastern part of Fujian, the Hanjiang Delta area of Guangdong Province, and Taiwan, and further north scattered throughout the coastal regions from Zhejiang to Hainan Island in the south), (2) northeastern Fujian such as Fuzhou, and (3) northwestern Fujian such as Jian'ou. The estimated user population is 39 million. The Xiamen dialect is also the most influential dialect of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia. A distinctive feature is that the old full-voiced initial unconditionally branches into both aspirated and unvoiced forms during devoicing.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

福建省を中心とする中国語方言群で，別称閩（びん）語。分布の内部的差異は大きく，(1)厦門（アモイ）に代表される閩南部(福建南東部から広東省韓江デルタ一帯および台湾が中心で，さらに北は浙江から南は海南島に至る沿海地方に広く散在する)，(2)福州等の福建北東部，(3)建甌等の福建北西部に大別される。使用人口は推定3900万。また厦門方言は東南アジアの華僑の方言として最も有力である。特徴としては，古全濁声母が無声化において無条件で無気有気の両者に分岐している。

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