Amoy

Summary

Amoy is a dialect^[1]. Amoy draws 134 Wikipedia views per month (dialect category, ranking #119 of 862).^[2]

Key Facts

• Amoy is in the country of People's Republic of China^[3].
• Amoy's instance of is recorded as dialect^[4].
• Amoy's ISO 639-6 code is recorded as xame^[5].
• Amoy's subclass of is recorded as Hokkien^[6].
• Amoy's writing system is recorded as Chinese characters^[7].
• Amoy's writing system is recorded as Pe̍h-ōe-jī^[8].
• Amoy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qdt2t^[9].
• Amoy's Linguist List code is recorded as nan-amo^[10].
• Amoy's Glottolog code is recorded as xiam1236^[11].
• Amoy's Linguasphere code is recorded as 79-AAA-jeb^[12].
• Amoy's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Amoy-language^[13].
• Amoy's WALS lect code is recorded as xia^[14].
• Amoy's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nan-hani', 'text': '厦门话'}^[15].
• Amoy's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nan-hant', 'text': '廈門話'}^[16].
• Amoy's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nan-latn-pehoeji', 'text': 'Ē-mn̂g-ōe'}^[17].
• Amoy's linguistic typology is recorded as tonal language^[18].
• Amoy's dialect of is recorded as Southern Min^[19].

Why It Matters

Amoy draws 134 Wikipedia views per month (dialect category, ranking #119 of 862).^[2] Amoy has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Amoy is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]