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  nativename / ''Bân-lâm-gú''
  familycolor Sino-Tibetan
  states People's Republic Of China , Taiwan , Malaysia , Indonesia , Singapore , Philippines , and other areas of Min Nan and Hoklo settlement
  region Southern Fujian province the Chaozhou - Shantou ( Chaoshan ) area and Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong province extreme south of Zhejiang province most of Taiwan much of Hainan ''(if Hainanese or Qiong Wen is included)''
  speakers 49 million
  rank 21 ''(if Qiong Wen is included)''
  fam2 Chinese
  fam3 Min
  nation None ( Legislative Bills have been proposed for Taiwanese ( Amoy Min Nan) to be one of the 'national languages' in the Republic Of China ) one of the statutory languages for public transport announcements in the ROC {Link without Title}
  agency None ( Republic Of China Ministry of Education and some NGOs are influential in Taiwan )