Language: Chinese, Min Nan Find language
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Progress Scale |
Primary Religion | % Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical |
Est. Workers Needed * |
Indigenous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Han Chinese, Chaozhou | France | 6,500 | 4 ● | Non-Religious | 6.00 % | 6.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Hainanese | Cambodia | 14,000 | 1 ● | Ethnic Religions | 1.00 % | 0.40 % | 1 | |
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Han Chinese, Hainanese | China | 5,969,000 | 4 ● | Non-Religious | 8.00 % | 5.50 % | -1 - | ● |
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Han Chinese, Hainanese | Malaysia | 409,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 7.00 % | 5.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Hainanese | Singapore | 191,000 | 4 ● | Non-Religious | 10.00 % | 7.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Han Chinese, Hainanese | Thailand | 8,200 | 4 ● | Buddhism | 6.00 % | 3.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Hokkien | Malaysia | 1,983,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 10.00 % | 8.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Myanmar (Burma) | 72,000 | 4 ● | Buddhism | 4.00 % | 2.50 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Brunei | 16,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 12.00 % | 10.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Canada | 14,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 10.00 % | 4.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Cambodia | 5,200 | 1 ● | Ethnic Religions | 1.20 % | 0.55 % | 1 | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | China | 36,706,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 10.00 % | 8.80 % | -1 - | ● |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | China, Hong Kong | 83,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 11.00 % | 7.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Japan | 75,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 10.00 % | 5.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | New Zealand | 5,900 | 1 ● | Ethnic Religions | 3.00 % | 1.00 % | 1 | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Singapore | 1,205,000 | 4 ● | Buddhism | 10.00 % | 8.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Indonesia | 1,006,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 35.00 % | 5.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | China, Macau | 27,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 6.00 % | 3.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Panama | 1,200 | 4 ● | Non-Religious | 9.00 % | 5.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Philippines | 1,152,000 | 4 ● | Christianity | 83.00 % | 6.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Thailand | 1,495,000 | 1 ● | Buddhism | 4.00 % | 2.00 % | 29 | |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | Taiwan | 13,633,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 4.00 % | 3.10 % | -1 - | ● |
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Han Chinese, Min Nan | United States | 89,000 | 4 ● | Non-Religious | 9.00 % | 6.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Shaozhou | China | 1,085,000 | 1 ● | Non-Religious | 1.20 % | 1.05 % | 21 | ● |
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Han Chinese, Teochew | Singapore | 604,000 | 4 ● | Buddhism | 10.00 % | 6.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Han Chinese, Teochew | Cambodia | 189,000 | 1 ● | Ethnic Religions | 1.40 % | 0.40 % | 3 | |
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Han Chinese, Teochew | Malaysia | 1,046,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 10.00 % | 5.00 % | -1 - | |
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Han Chinese, Xunpu | China | 1,200 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 4.00 % | 3.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Kavalan, Kuwarawan | Taiwan | 1,400 | 4 ● | Christianity | 76.00 % | 7.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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She | China | 1,070,000 | 1 ● | Ethnic Religions | 0.30 % | 0.12 % | 21 | ● |
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Siraya | Taiwan | 3,000 | 4 ● | Christianity | 55.00 % | 6.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Thao, Sau | Taiwan | 800 | 4 ● | Christianity | 78.00 % | 8.00 % | -1 - | ● |
| Totals: 32 | 7 ● | 77 |
* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.
** Only people groups speaking Chinese, Min Nan as primary language are listed. Other groups may speak Chinese, Min Nan as a secondary language.
** Only people groups speaking Chinese, Min Nan as primary language are listed. Other groups may speak Chinese, Min Nan as a secondary language.
| Item | Code |
|---|---|
| Status | |
| Ethnologue Code | nan |
| Written | Yes |
| Linguist List | |
| Language Archives |
| Language Alternate Names |
|---|
| Amoy |
| Banlamgi |
| Chaenzo |
| Changchew |
| Chaochow |
| Chao-Shan (Chaozhou) |
| Chaozhou |
| Chinchew |
| Chinese, Hokkien Amoy |
| Choushan |
| Fujian |
| Fujianese |
| Fukien |
| Fukienese |
| Hainan |
| Hainan (Hainanese) |
| Hainanese |
| Hokkien (Amoy) |
| Hokkien (Fujian) |
| Lei Hua |
| Leizhou (Lei Hua) |
| Li Hua |
| Min Nam |
| Min Nan |
| Minnan |
| Qiongwen Hua |
| Quanzhou (Chinchew) |
| Sanso |
| Shantou (Swatow) |
| Southern Min |
| Swatow |
| Taechew |
| Taiwanese |
| Taiwanese (Amoy) |
| Techu |
| Teochew |
| Teochew (Chaochow) |
| Teochiu |
| Teochow |
| Tiu Chiu |
| Tiuchiu |
| Wenchang |
| Xiamen |
| Xiamen (Amoy) |
| Zhangzhou (Changchew) |
| Dialects |
|---|
| Amoy |
| Chaochow |
| Chaozhou |
| Fujian |
| Fukienese |
| Hainanese |
| Hokkien |
| Kienyang |
| Leizhou |
| Longdu |
| Sankiang |
| Shantou |
| Taiwanese |
| Teochew |
| Zhenan Min |
| Dialect Alternate Names |
|---|
| Amoy |
| Chao Chow |
| Chaochow |
| Chao-shan |
| Chinese, Min Nan: Chao-Shan |
| Chinese, Min Nan: Fukienese |
| Chinese, Min Nan: Hainan |
| Chinese, Min Nan: Shantou |
| Chinese, Min Nan: Taiwanese |
| Chinese, Min Nan: Teochew |
| Chinese, Min Nan: Xiamen |
| Chinese: Kienyang |
| Chinese: Sankiang |
| Formosan |
| Fujianese |
| Fukien |
| Hailam |
| Hainan |
| Hainanesisch |
| Hokkian |
| Hokkien |
| Hylam |
| Lei Hua |
| Li Hua |
| Qiongwen Hua |
| Swatow |
| Taiwanese |
| Techu |
| Teochew |
| Teochow |
| Tiu Chiu |
| Tiuchiu |
| Wenchang |
| Xiamen |
| Translation | Year / Status |
|---|---|
| Bible Portions | 1875-1916 |
| New Testament | 1896-1974 |
| Complete Bible | 1884-1933 |
| Online / Mobile App Bibles |
|---|
| Bible.is (Faith Comes By Hearing) |
| Bible.com (YouVersion) |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | National Bible Societies |
| Forum Bible Agencies | World Bible Finder |
| Gospel Go | World Bibles |
| Resource ▲ | New | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Amoy Bible | |
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) | |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament (FCBH) | |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) | |
| Film / Video | God's Story Video | |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Chinese, Min Nan | |
| Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) | |
| Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) | |
| Film / Video | Story of Hope (Indigitube.tv) | |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Chinese Union Version, Shangti Edition, Simplified | |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Chinese Union Version, Shen Edition, Simplified | |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Revised Chinese Union Version, Traditional | |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: 新譯本（繁體字版） |