Hoklo

English + people,Haklau Min Etymology Borrowed from a southern Chinese lect; compare en yue - 學佬 hok6 lou2, en hak - 學佬 Ho̍k-ló, en nan-hbl - 福佬 Ho̍h-ló. The Hailufeng variety sense is influenced by Hong Kong en yue 學佬. Noun s * A member of a group of Han Chinese whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China. en Holo en 2000 Chen Shui-Bian David J. Toman The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan https://archive.org/details/sonoftaiwanlifeo0000chen/ Taiwan Publishing Co., Ltd. 957-97979-4-3 45640623 228 https://archive.org/details/sonoftaiwanlifeo0000chen/page/228/ Growing up in the countryside of Tainan County, the village was almost entirely populated by Hoklo people, with no Hakkas, no mainlanders, and even less chance of aborigines settling there. en https://archive.org/details/roughguidetotaiw0000keel/mode/1up 2011 Stephen Keeling; Brice Minnigh The Rough Guide to Taiwan 2nd Rough Guides 291 https://archive.org/details/roughguidetotaiw0000keel/page/291/mode/1up Today Hualien is a city of 110,000, unique in having almost equal numbers of Hakka, Hoklo, mainlander and aboriginal citizens: the last group are primarily Atayal and Ami. en obsolete A member of a Southern Min-speaking Chinese people who inhabit or originate from eastern Guangdong; en loosely Teochew. en https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mRsEAAAAQAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s 1840 E. Doty; W. J. Pohlman w:The Chinese Repository VIII 6 Tour in Borneo Canton 309 https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=llOvTLFFg88C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA309#v=onepage&q&f=false From our friends and others, we gathered the following information concerning the number of inhabitants. Malays 6000, Bugis 5000, Fuhkeën and other Chinese 100 families, Hok-lo 1000 families, Khĕh 500 families. en https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mRsEAAAAQAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s 1865 The English Presbyterian Messenger XVI Letters from Rev. George Smith George Smith Marlborough & Co., Ave Maria Lane London 320 https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mRsEAAAAQAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=RA3-PA320#v=onepage&q&f=false It lies on the borders of the Hok-lo, and the Hakka or Kheh (or they call themselves Khah) populuation, Hok-lo is the name given to those who speak Tie Chew. en https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=piBBAQAAMAAJ 1869 The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal S. L. Baldwin 1 The Population of China W. L. Rozario, Marçal & Co. Foochow 89 https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=piBBAQAAMAAJ&newbks=1&pg=PA89#v=onepage&q&f=false There are a few districts west of Macao where the Hakka and Hoklo population had dwindled down from 600,000 to 30,000, exclusive of the Punti slain in battles, starved, or sold into slavery. en https://archive.org/details/europeinchina0000unse/mode/2up 1895 Europe in China: The History of Hongkong from the Beginning to the Year 1882 E. J. Eitel Luzac & Company London 132 https://archive.org/details/europeinchinahis00eiteuoft/page/132/mode/1up Later on, a third class of natives, speaking another dialect (Tiehchiu, or Swatow dialect), settled at Shaukiwan, Tokwawan, Hunghom and Yaumati. These people, generally called Hoklos, were all seafaring men, bolder in character than either Hakkas or Puntis, and specially addicted to smuggling and piracy. Among all the pirates on the coast, these Hoklos were most dreaded on account of their ferocious and daring deeds. en https://archive.org/details/isbn_2900804724356 1995 Down to Earth: The Territorial Bond in South China James Hayes Stanford University Press Stanford, California David Faure; Helen F. Siu Cheung Chau Community 91 https://archive.org/details/isbn_2900804724356/page/91/mode/1up One of the Hoklo elders (born in 1885) was by descent a Punti from Dapeng City, in eastern Xin'an; but, living among Hoklos and sharing the same occupation (a sea fisherman), and with a Hoklo mother and wife, he, the first settler's grandson, had become one with them, regarding the Hoklo dialect as his natural speech. Synonyms en Hokkien, en Fukien, en Fukienese Proper noun Taiwanese, the variety of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan and the native language of the Hoklo. en https://archive.org/details/contemporarytaiw0000hsia/ 2000 Contemporary Taiwanese Cultural Nationalism A-chin Hsiau Routledge 0415226481 22 https://archive.org/details/contemporarytaiw0000hsia/page/22/mode/1up The revivalists’ goal is not only to keep Hoklo alive, but also to make it capable of challenging the hegemony of Mandarin Chinese as the officially defined "national language." For revivalists who advocate the complete alphabetization of Hoklo, traditional Chinese characters represent antiquated, unwholesome “feudalism,” and by contrast, the romanization system is a symbol of modernity. Using phonetic script to write Hoklo, they believe, will not only facilitate the felicitous expression of the Hoklo Taiwanese mind, but would also grant the less-ducated an easier access to various kinds of modern knowledge. en June 23, 2004 Cody Yiu A loving attitude is color-blind https://web.archive.org/web/20040625205731/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/06/23/2003176163 25 June 2004 w:Taipei Times Huang, 45, was born in Sanhsia in Taipei County, but grew up in Taipei City speaking Mandarin and Hoklo (more commonly known as Taiwanese). en Hong Kong A variety of Southern Min Chinese originating from the Hailufeng region. Synonyms Taiwanese en Taiwanese, en Holo Hailufeng variety en Hai Lok Hong, en Hoi Luk Fung, en Haklau