Which dialect group are you from?

[terrenceterrence]

But penang hokkien really sounds differently..singapore hokkien almost same like taiwan but taiwan ppl dunno how to understand penang hokkien..

30% of Penang Hokkien vocabulary consist of borrowed words..with a majority from the Malay language. it's distinctly South East Asian.

[leslie]

My dad used to be from Lang Mup from china. so i wherenever i speak hokkien, ppl will ask if i am from taiwan. lol

But penang hokkien really sounds differently..singapore hokkien almost same like taiwan but taiwan ppl dunno how to understand penang hokkien..

[zidaneong]

My ah kong used to be from zhuan chew.. Got one taxi uncle at jin gua shi told me that his father came from that place also.. He was wondering why I speak the same like him.. haha

My dad used to be from Lang Mup from china. so i wherenever i speak hokkien, ppl will ask if i am from taiwan. lol

[KuchingKu]

I feel more home like in HK than here cos I am Cantonese. Whole family Cantonese except wife who is hokkien.

[Seventh Son]

I seem to be the only Heng Hwa here...

[sshark]

if like tat... only a few peranakan can appreciate little nyonya. then sure kena hentam by their bosses for poor box office rating

it is all abt the $$

[Haolian King]

it's sad to see that dialect is dying.

each group have their distinct culture, celebrations, customs, food, traits and etc.....

when they were showing "the little nyonya" on tv, all the time i was thinking "waht a load of bullsh*t! since when did Peranakans of that era knows how to speak Mandarin?

Mandarin was never our mother tongue for us southern chinese.

I totally agree. The best part was while they speak mandarin throughout, but when they sing their songs, they do it in malay.

[terrenceterrence]

it's sad to see that dialect is dying.

each group have their distinct culture, celebrations, customs, food, traits and etc.....

when they were showing "the little nyonya" on tv, all the time i was thinking "waht a load of bullsh*t! since when did Peranakans of that era knows how to speak Mandarin?

Mandarin was never our mother tongue for us southern chinese.

[leslie]

If your parents/grandparents are from a certain area of china, like my dad. The hokkien tends to be more taiwan. As for me, my mum is from taiwan, so i can speak tai yu in the type of tone the taiwanese do.

My ah kong used to be from zhuan chew.. Got one taxi uncle at jin gua shi told me that his father came from that place also.. He was wondering why I speak the same like him.. haha

[zidaneong]

I went to Taiwan recently and spoken to the cab drivers in hokkien..hahaha..they were wondering why I can speak Tai Yu..

My gf speaks to her friends in penang hokkien and those taiwan uncles dun understand..hahaha

If your parents/grandparents are from a certain area of china, like my dad. The hokkien tends to be more taiwan. As for me, my mum is from taiwan, so i can speak tai yu in the type of tone the taiwanese do.

[jwth]

My dad is Shanghainese.
My mum is Peranakan Hokkien.
My wife is Teochew.

I can speak English, Mandarin, Malay, Baba Malay, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew.

[pastilence666]

parent speak broken hokkien and broken mandarin... grand parent speak mandarin and hokkien...

me, speak bahasa and english only last time never learn, never though will end up in singapore for career wise.

[Haolian King]

Tuna sing! Me cantonese... Haha...

[Darkangel]

i'm hainanese also...

another hainam kor!

[psee]

Me Hokkien ...