The beauty of Hokkien and Cantonese Language.
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Published 2017-06-21
All Comments (21)
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Having more dialects in China shows the world that China is peaceful because she embraces multi-culture.
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Long live cantonese and hokkienese
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Penang people speak a mixture of hokkien, english and malay in a sing-song tone. They are so cute. Especially the boys.
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loved this
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Penang Hokkien is going to vanish after 40 years when old people like me passed away. Although my kid can speak Penang Hokkien but I am the only person who speak to him. Most of his friends could not speak Penang Hokkien. Their parents are too emphasise on Mandarin. Even if my kid and his friend, both can speak Hokkien but they will speak Mandarin with each other. Future, their kids will no longer understand Hokkien at all unless I take care of them. Sad but it is reality.
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I am proud to be a Hokkien Engchoon. And I can speak this dialect well.
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Wah, I thought this comedian is Hongkie but actually MY mali..his HK accent so clear. Kakee lang! 😊
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講得太啱啦！
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Wah. I speak hokkien without realising all these toning & phonic. Yes it’s already pre-loaded the moment we are born into a hokkien family.
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Interesting. I learned that Hokkien has ancient roots and gained prominence during the Tang Dynasty in China. It has significantly influenced languages such as Japanese and Korean, making it a legendary or 'mother' language in the region.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this sharing. Glad that I happen to know both Hokkien and Cantonese to be able to enjoy this.
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I love listening to Cantonese from watching Hong Kong movies. Being a Singaporean I have lately been trying to speak Hokkien to Chinese hawkers when I order food from them. I feel kind of proud of myself when They understand exactly what I want.
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👍👍👍👍👍👍 厲害到嚇死我了…
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Interesting and informative.He puts it in a very humorous way
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Wow, this gentleman is super intelligent. Thanks for this interesting talk and raise the awareness of dialects to the Chinese culture. Well done.
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Linguists do not consider Hokkien and Cantonese as dialects but languages. They may share the same writing system as Mandarin but they are not dialects , just as German is not a dialects of English . Languages with similarities belong to a definite group, e.g. English and German are in the Germanic group while French and Spanish belong to the Romance group. There are different varieties of the languages such as Hong Kong Cantonese, Penang Hokkien.
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Wrong example. Hokkien originally from Fujian. Penang Hokkien cant be used as example. Must give examples and narrative based on origins
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holiao ! 😍
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Dun fukin with us! We are the fukinese from fukin province.
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I am sorry to say that most Malaysian Chinese can't speak Hokkien properly. There are too many Malay and English words thrown in.
