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Min Chinese speakers

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Min
閩民系
Total population
Approximately 115,000,000
Regions with significant populations
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
Religion
Major religions include Buddhism (Theravada Buddhism or Chinese Buddhism), Confucianism, Daoism, Chinese folk religion
Minor religions include Christianity and other religions
Related ethnic groups
Han Chinese (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Leizhou people, Hainan people, Taiwanese people, Puxian people, Min-Vietnamese people), Ancient Minyue people

Min-speaking peoples (simplified Chinese: 闽民系; traditional Chinese: 閩民系; pinyin: Mǐn mínxì) 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

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A turtle-back tomb surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped or Ω-shaped ridge, the traditional burial style of Southern Fujian.[1]

Mainland China

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Fujian

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Guangdong

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Zhejiang

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Hainan

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Japan

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Taiwan

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Philippines

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Brunei

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Malaysia

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Singapore

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Indonesia

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Myanmar

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Thailand

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Cambodia

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Vietnam

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Madagascar

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ de Groot, Jan Jakob Maria (1892), The Religious System of China, vol. III, Brill Archive, pp. 941–942, 1081–1082