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I am trying to understand the grammar behind "[noun]って".

I looked up some examples on space alc web, and 人って seems to mean people,
someone, or some person. I have seen other examples of the [noun]って usage, so
I guess its common but probably I am missing something.
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grammar particles colloquial-language quotes particle-って
What is the meaning and grammatical construction of 人って?
って is a colloquial particle and has two main functions.

  1. Being used as a colloquial topic marker (instead of は or とは), e.g.

> 人ってすごいよね。  
>  People are awesome.

  2. Being used as a quotation marker (instead of と or という), e.g.

> 変な人って言ってたよ。  
>  She said you are a little weird.
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> 人って言葉は何か変だな。  
>  The word "hito" is kinda weird.
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