Medan Hokkien
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Medan Hokkien
| Medan Hokkien | |
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| 棉蘭福建話 | |
| Spoken in | Indonesia |
| Region | Medan, as well as other northern city states of North Sumatra surrounding it where Chinese communities reside. |
| Native speakers | 700,000 (date missing) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
Medan Hokkien is a local variant of Hokkien spoken in Medan, Indonesia. It is the lingua franca in Medan as well as other northern city states of North Sumatra surrounding it, and is characterised by the pronunciation of words according to the Zhangzhou (漳州) dialect, together with widespread use of Indonesian and English borrowed words. It is predominantly a spoken dialect: it is rarely written in Chinese characters, and there is no standard romanisation.
External links
- Medan & Penang Hokkien Podcast (Min-nan)
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