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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by taejo on Friday January 12, 2018 @04:47AM (#16131655)
Kind of strange that this refers to "Sinitic" contrasting to "Min Nan" when Min Nan is a Sinitic language.
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by tsing on Friday January 12, 2018 @04:56AM (#16131698)
Just learnt that "Min Nan" dialect can be referred to "Hokkien"
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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by jpatokal on Friday January 12, 2018 @05:47AM (#16131924)
"Hokkien" is an approximation of how "Fujian" is pronounced in Min Nan, which in turn means "Southern Min" (dialect/language).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Min

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Re:Tea if by sea, cha if by land: Why the world only has two... by HumanDrivenDev on Friday January 12, 2018 @02:39PM (#16135641)
Singaporeans and Malaysians almost always call the language "Hokkien" - at least when speaking English. "Min Nan" seems like a term only linguists use.
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