Which dialect group are you from?

[ft88]

both my parent and inlaws are Teochew.

So my wife is teochew as well. My 2.5 yrs old son speaks teochew at home with the old folks as we think that alot of us are using it lesser and lesser these days.

[batamboy]

Me Teochew Nang... Mother tongue teochew..
Seems alot of teochews in this forum so far..
whatever it is, all in this forum are ONE big family.. all ka ki nang!

[leslie]

My Father is Hokkien
My Mum is Hokkien
I am hokkien, can speak Hokkien/Tai Yu(Taiwan style hokkien), Cantonese and teo chew.

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

[terrenceterrence]

Peranakan..speaks a creole of Malay and Penang Hokkien at home.

Grew up in an Cantonese majority town with a large population of Hakkas. So I speak Cantonese fluently too and understands Hakka.

Went to a boy's school, so I am more comfortable with English and can't speak Mandarin nor read Chinese.

[jazziceman]

i'm hainanese also...

[Watcha]

Me teochew. mum hokkien.

SAF hokkien trained. last time knnbccb = " keke.
Cantonese drama trained.
Teochew family trained.
Japanese Anime trained.
Traditional chinese font, Gu Long/Jin Yong trained.

Now mainly use chinese and english only.
In time will speak like China...

[psee]

Me Hokkien ...

[Darkangel]

i'm hainanese also...

another hainam kor!

[Haolian King]

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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.