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The Hoklo people (Chinese: 福佬人; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho̍h-ló-lâng) are a Han Chinese subgroup [6] who speak Hokkien, [7] a Southern Min language, [8] or trace their ancestry to southeastern Fujian in China, [9] and known by various related terms such as Banlam people (闽南人; Bân-lâm-lâng), Minnan people, Fujianese people or more commonly in Southeast Asia as the Hokkien people ...
Stone Statue of Laozi ("Ló-tsú" in Hoklo language) at Mount Qingyuan in Quanzhou, Fujian, China.. Minnan culture or Hokkien/Hoklo culture (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bân-lâm bûn-hòa; Chinese: 閩南 文化), also considered as the Mainstream Southern Min Culture, refers to the culture of the Hoklo people, a group of Han Chinese people who have historically been the dominant demographic in ...
Loa Sek Hie (1898 - 1965) Indonesian-Chinese colonial politician, parliamentarian and founding Voorzitter or chairman of the Indon ethnic-Chinese self-defense force "Pao An Tui" (or Peace Keeping Force in the Hokkien language) (1946–1949) Kwik Kian Gie (郭建義). Coordinating Minister of Economics and Finance from 1999 to 2000, and Minister ...
Hokkien is reportedly the native language of up to 80% of the ethnic Chinese people in the Philippines, among which is known locally as Lán-nâng-uē ("Our people's speech"). Hokkien speakers form the largest group of overseas Chinese in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. [citation needed]
Andrew Yang, New York City mayoral candidate in 2021, of Taiwanese Hokkien descent [1]. Hokkien, Hoklo (Holo), and Minnan people are found in the United States. The Hoklo people are a Han Chinese subgroup with ancestral roots in Southern Fujian and Eastern Guangdong, particularly around the modern prefecture-level cities of Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Xiamen, along with the Chaoshan region.
Khouw (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khó) is a Dutch-based romanization of the Hokkien surname Xǔ (許) in West Java, Indonesia. [1] In Central and East Java, Kho is a more common romanization. [1] Several (unrelated) families of this surname include: The Khouw family of Tamboen, part of the Cabang Atas or the traditional Chinese establishment of colonial ...
Hoklo Taiwanese (Chinese: 閩南裔臺灣人) or Holo people (Chinese: 河洛人) [4] are a major ethnic group in Taiwan whose ancestry is wholly or partially Hoklo.Being Taiwanese of Han origin, their mother tongue is Taiwanese (Tâi-oân-ōe) (Tâi-gí), also known as Taiwanese Hokkien.
In Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, Hakka people are sometimes known as Khek, from the Hokkien pronunciation kheh. However, the use of the word 'Khek' is limited mainly to areas where the local Chinese population is mainly of Hokkien origin. In places where other Chinese subgroups predominate, the term 'Hakka' is still the more commonly used.