Hoklo (Chinese: 福佬人; Pinyin: Fúlǎo Rén; POJ: Ho̍h-ló-lâng/Hō-ló-lâng) primarily refers to the largest of the four subethnic and ethnic groups in Taiwan. In contrast with the other three groups in Taiwan (the Hakkas, Mainlanders, and aboriginals), the Hoklos speak Taiwanese as their native language. Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Hakka (Traditional Chinese: 客家; Simplified Chinese: 客家; Pinyin: kèjiā, lit. ... Mainlanders are Chinese people who live, or were born, in mainland China as opposed to Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, or Taiwan. ... A Rukai village Chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ... Template:Dablick Taiwanese (Traditional Chinese: 台語, 台灣話; Pinyin: TáiyÇ”, Táiwānhuà; Taiwanese Pe̍h-oÄ“-jÄ«: Tâi-gí or Tâi-oân-oÄ“) is a dialect of Min Nan spoken by about 70% of the Taiwanese population. ...

Most Hoklos migrated to Taiwan from Fujian in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Hoklos are of primarily Han Chinese ethnicity, but most Hoklos have some degree of aboriginal blood, due to centuries of intermarriage between the Han and Taiwanese lowland aborigines (Pêⁿ-pó·-chok). Fujian (Chinese: 福建; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Han Chinese (Simplified Chinese: 汉族; Traditional Chinese: 漢族; Pinyin: hànzú) is a term which refers to the majority ethnic group within China and the largest single human ethnic group in the world. ... A Rukai village Chief visiting the Department of Anthropology in Tokyo Imperial University during the Japanese rule. ...

About 70% of the population in Taiwan are Hoklo. That is why in Taiwan the word Tâi-oân-lâng (literally Taiwanese) is often used interchangeablly with Hoklo. People who aware of the multi-ethnic nature of Taiwan (not many of the population, but the number is growing) consider this an offense to other ethnic groups, although everyone knows by context when this word refers to people of Taiwanese nationality and when this word refers to people with Hoklo subethnicity.

Hoklo is also used by Hong-Kong people to refer to all people relocating from Fujian and speaking Minnan. Fujian (Chinese: 福建; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ... Mǐn Nán (Chinese: 閩南語), also spelt as Minnan or Min-nan; native name Bân-lâm-gú; literally means Southern Min or Southern Fujian and refers to the local language/dialect of southern Fujian province, China. ...

See also

• Demographics of Taiwan

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External links

• http://www.hoklo.org