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Hokkien /hoʊˈkiːn/ (traditional Chinese: 福建話; simplified Chinese: 福建话; pinyin: Fújiànhuà; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hok-kiàn oē) or Quanzhou–Zhangzhou (Chinchew-Changchew; BP: Zuánziū–Ziāngziū) is a group of mutually intelligible Min Nan Chinese dialects spoken by many overseas Chinese throughout Southeast Asia. Hokkien originated from a dialect in southern Fujian. It is closely related to the Teochew though mutual comprehension is difficult and is somewhat more distantly related to Hainanese.
