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What are the reasons for the weakening of the Minnan language?

By the Chinese Mandarin, English promotion and the influx of a large number of foreigners, Mandarin has become a public **** language, three cities in southern Fujian, especially Xiamen, the most serious, while the counties of northwestern Fujian is affected by Jiangxi Nanfeng, Guangchang and other counties to speak more Fuguang piece of Gan, but in the interaction between the locals and the locals, or in the Minnan language is the main, the three cities in southern Fujian have opened the training courses of the Minnan language, to facilitate the coming to Fujian Now there are Minnan language training courses in the three cities of Minnan, which are convenient for foreign friends who come to Min to work, study and do business.

Southeast Asian Minnan language by the English and Malay influence is more serious, private occasions, usually Singaporeans speak Minnan occasionally mixed with English and Malay, but there are many Malays, Indians know Minnan language.

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p>Hong Kong's total population in 2004 was 6,854,000, with about 1.6 million people of Fujian origin (mostly Minnan), accounting for about 20% of Hong Kong's total population. The influence of the local language is more serious, most of the people who can speak Minnan are the older generation over 50 years old, some middle-aged people still speak Cantonese with a lot of Minnan accent, and the younger generation, because of the use of Cantonese in education, broadcasting, and governmental organizations, with the intermarriage between the Minnan people and other ethnic groups, they have generally switched to speak Cantonese in Hong Kong.

The Minnan language is mainly spoken in Fujian and Taiwan:

The Minnan language is mainly spoken in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Fujian, most of Xinluo District of Longyan, and most of Zhangping City, most of Datian and part of Youxi in Sanming District, a small portion of Fuding and Xiapu in Ningde City, a small portion of Jiaocheng District, and some parts of Fuqing: some of the natural villages in Yuexi Township, Fuqing City.

Part of the natural villages of Wangkeng in Yidu Township, townships such as Shangrun Township, Yixiang Township, Yangxia Township and Dongzhang, Longtang in Honglu Township, and villages such as Zhenbian and Zhoudian. The Hui and Manchu in Quanzhou and the Mongolians also speak fluent Minnan, as do the Hui in Quanzhou who are not in Hui townships.

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