Hainan people
The Hainan people (Chinese: 海南人), also known as Hainam nang (pronounced in Hainanese) or Hainanese people, is a geographic term referring to the natives of Hainan, the southernmost and smallest Chinese province. The term "Hainanese" was frequently used to refer to all natives of Hainan island. Hainam Min speakers often refer to themselves as Qiongwen to distinguish themselves from other groups of Hainan such as the Cantonese, the Tanka, the Hlai, etc.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6 million+ worldwide | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Hainan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia), British Isles, Oceania, Americas | |
| Languages | |
| lingua: Hainanese, Standard Chinese others: Hlai languages, Lingao dialect, Kim Mun, Tsat, Danzhou dialect and various other languages of the counties that they inhabit | |
| Religion | |
| Atheism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hoklo people, Putian people, Fuzhou people, Tanka people, Cantonese people, Hlai people |
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