Hoklo people
The Hoklo people (endonym Hok-ló lâng, Hō-ló lâng, or Ho̍h-ló lâng) are Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian of South China. They are also known by various endonyms (above), or other related terms such as Min Nan people (閩南人) or Hokkien people (福建人).
In a narrow scope, "Hoklo people" refers mainly to people who speak and use the Hokkien dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken in southern Fujian, Taiwan, Singapore, and by many overseas Chinese throughout Southeast Asia. Besides, Hoklo Taiwanese is the major ethnic group of Taiwanese people.
In a wider scope, "Hoklo people" can include speakers of other Min Nan dialects, such as Zhongshan Min, Zhenan Min, Teochew dialect, and Hainanese.
Etymology
In Taiwan, there are three common ways to write Hoklo in Chinese characters (Min Nan pronunciations are given in Pe̍h-ōe-jī).although none have been established as etymologically correct:
福佬 (Hok-ló; lit. "Fujian folk") emphasizes their connection to Fujian province. It is not an accurate transliteration in terms from Hokkien itself although it may correspond to an actual usage in Hakka.
