Hainan people

Hái-nâm-nâng
海南人
Total population
6 million+ worldwide
Regions with significant populations
Hainan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia), British Isles, Oceania, Americas
Languages
lingua: Hainamese, Standard Chinese
others: Hlai languages, Lingao dialect, Kim Mun, Tsat, Danzhou dialect and various other languages of the counties that they inhabit
Religion
Atheism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc.
Related ethnic groups
Putian people, Cantonese people, Tanka people, Hlai people, etc.

The Hainan people (Chinese: 海南人 Hái-nâm nâng), or Hainam people (pronounced in Hainamese) or Hainamese people, is a geographic term referring to the natives of Hainan, the southernmost and smallest Chinese province. The term "Hainanese" was frequently used to refer to all natives of Hainan island. Hainam Min speakers often refer to themselves as Qiongwen to distinguish themselves from other groups of Hainan such as the Cantonese, Tanka, Hlai, etc.


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