Meaning of Hainanese | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A group of Min Chinese dialects spoken on the island of Hainan and its diaspora.
2. The inhabitants of the island of Hainan and its diaspora
   plural, plural-only

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Examples

“Mr. MELROSE, though engaged in the study of the Hainanese language, has found time to open and give daily supervision to a Boy's School.”

“It is not easy to decide from which dialect of Chinese some of the loanwords derive, and this may explain why Philip Leo does not list any as coming from Hainanese nor Tiociu.”

“I needed an interpreter in only one interview, that with an elderly Hainanese from Kompong-Trach.”

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