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Amoy dialect

The Amoy dialect or Xiamen dialect, also known as Amoyese, Amoynese, Amoy Hokkien, Xiamenese or Xiamen Hokkien, is a dialect of Hokkien spoken in the city of Xiamen and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the southern part of Fujian province. Wikipedia
Language family: Sino-Tibetan > Sinitic > Chinese > Min > Coastal Min > Southern Min > Hokkien > Amoy
Native speakers: 2 million (2021)
Native to: China
Region: part of Xiamen (Amoy) (Siming and Huli districts), Haicang and Longhai districts to the west