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"Hokkien" is a Min nan word that has been in use for hundreds of years
by native speakers in Southern Fujian, the motherland of Min nan,
andby vast emigrants therefrom.
"Min nan" is a relatively new Mandarin word coined and adopted by the ruling class
Mandarin officials around fifty years ago.
Hope you appreciate this info and thank you, for your involvement in this article
as an outsider of the Min-nan language/dialect and her culture.
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