is hokkien really dialect of chinese ???

• hellomotosxq

  9 Oct 06, 16:42

  so different from mandarin
• ^spidee^

  9 Oct 06, 16:45

  Yes it is, from Fujian province. Most dialects are very different from Mandarin.
• mistyblue

  9 Oct 06, 16:46

  
• FireIce

  9 Oct 06, 17:29

  pu tong hua is a beijing dialect oso wat
• FireIce

  9 Oct 06, 17:32

  Originally posted by ^spidee^:

  Yes it is, from Fujian province. Most dialects are very different from Mandarin.

  the mandarin we speak now is the beijing dialect
  
  jus tt it's chosen to be the "universal chinese" for china chinese to know, as well as chinese in other parts of the world
  
  guangdong oso have hokkiens
• LazerLordz

  9 Oct 06, 17:35

  TS lost his culture in the Revolution.
• ^spidee^

  9 Oct 06, 17:36

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  the mandarin we speak now is the beijing dialect
  
  jus tt it's chosen to be the "universal chinese" for china chinese to know, as well as chinese in other parts of the world
  
  guangdong oso have hokkiens

  I see...
• Rock^Star

  9 Oct 06, 17:39

  Originally posted by hellomotosxq:

  so different from mandarin

  Why are u, a China Chinese asking us rojak S'poreans?
• Ito_^

  9 Oct 06, 17:59

  Originally posted by Rock^Star:

  Why are u, a China Chinese asking us rojak S'poreans?

  im amazed too.