Southern Min; Min Nan (a branch of Min Chinese)
Examples
我袂曉講閩南語。
I can't speak Southern Min.
閩南語語言能力認證考試今天登場,共有1萬3886人報考,創下歷年新高,考生年齡分佈6歲到83歲,還有來自法國、美國、日本、馬來西亞等國的人,也來測驗自己的閩南語能耐。
Today the Southern Min Linguistic Aptitude Certification Test was held with a total of 13,886 persons registering for the test, a historical record high. Test takers ranged from age six to age eighty-three, and people from France, America, Japan, Malaysia and other countries came to test their skill with Southern Min.
the varieties of Southern Min spoken in mainland China and Kinmen, usually as opposed to Taiwanese Taigi spoken in Taiwan
Examples
台語比閩南語有更多日語借詞。
Taiwanese has got far more Japanese loanwords than Southern Min.