The Hoklo people or Hokkien people (endonym Hok-ló lang, Hō-ló lang, or Ho̍h-ló lang) are Han Chinese people whose traditional Ancestral homes are in southern Fujian of South China. They are also known by various endonym as Hok-ló lang, Hō-ló lang, or Ho̍h-ló lang, or other related terms such as Min-nan people (閩南人) or Hokkien Lang (福建人).
In narrower scope, the Hoklo people refers mainly to people who speak and use the Hokkien dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken in southern Fujian, Taiwan, and by many overseas Chinese throughout Southeast Asia.
In wider scope, the Hoklo people can include speakers of other Min Nan languages, such as Zhongshan Min, Zhenan Min, Teochew dialect, and Hainanese.
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