mandarin should be as sg's 1st language !!!!
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haha... of course. We have been fooling around.Originally posted by Icemoon:Actually both of us made fallacious statements.
I just realized .. your national language or 1st language has nothing to do with whether ang mohs understand you or not.
Knowing your national/1st language is not mutually exclusive with knowing English.
So Malaysia's official language is Bahasa Melayu .. but I'm sure those who deal with ang mohs know how to speak English too.
Thats why our national lang is Malay and common tongue is English.
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how did singapore land up with a hokkien majority but malaysia seems to have a cantonese majority?Originally posted by Cystaire:No, if we must speak the language of the majority, then Hokkien should be our national language.
My ancestors in China did not speak the northern dialect (which is known as "guan hua" or official-speak which by a twist of fate was retained as the national language of China). They spoke Hokkien, as did the ancestors of about a million Singaporeans.
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Empty label only. Other than the national anthem and military drills, what is in Malay?Originally posted by angrynor:haha... of course. We have been fooling around.
Thats why our national lang is Malay and common tongue is English.
Cheers.
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Originally posted by Icemoon:how did singapore land up with a hokkien majority but malaysia seems to have a cantonese majority?
Fujian loves us. Guangdong loves Malaysia?
Not sure either. Dunno the stats...
Joking only ar!
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the order given in the CIA factbook is suggestive:Originally posted by angrynor:
Fujian loves us. Guangdong loves Malaysia?
Not sure either. Dunno the stats...
Joking only ar!
Bahasa Melayu (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan, Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
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haha.... ok wat...
I lived in China before... when i was real young.
Their pu tong hua is really very bad... most of them speaks their own dialects... However, they are all picking up very fast.
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Actually which northern dialect is it?Originally posted by Cystaire:My ancestors in China did not speak the northern dialect (which is known as "guan hua" or official-speak which by a twist of fate was retained as the national language of China). They spoke Hokkien, as did the ancestors of about a million Singaporeans.
Surely it is not the Beijing dialect .. because that one is the Beijing Qiang1. -
CCTV shows mandarin programme.Originally posted by angrynor:haha.... ok wat...
I lived in China before... when i was real young.
Their pu tong hua is really very bad... most of them speaks their own dialects... However, they are all picking up very fast.
Cheers.
In contrast, TVBS shows cantonese programme.
Issit any wonder why the mainland are picking up very fast but HK are picking up slower?
In Singapore, even our maids know a bit of mandarin .. from watching mediacock drama. They might not speak, but they can understand. -
but i think i support HK drama more. LOL
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it is important for any race to learn their mother tongue.
do you know any malay that cannot speak malay? but there are plenty of chinese who cannot speak chinese. -
x2Originally posted by dragg:it is important for any race to learn their mother tongue.
do you know any malay that cannot speak malay? but there are plenty of chinese who cannot speak chinese.
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so what do you consider our mother tongue to be? Mine is Hokkien.Originally posted by dragg:it is important for any race to learn their mother tongue.
do you know any malay that cannot speak malay? but there are plenty of chinese who cannot speak chinese.
Mandarin is not my mother tongue. It just happens to be the national language of China. -
i am a hokkien too.Originally posted by LazerLordz:so what do you consider our mother tongue to be? Mine is Hokkien.
Mandarin is not my mother tongue. It just happens to be the national language of China.
i consider chinese to be the main language of any chinese. but of course, that is my personal opinion.
besides china, taiwanese speak min nan yu (another type of hokkien) and chinese too.
it is our govt's fault that many local chinese dont speak their own dialects and chinese. -
It is a geographical issue.Originally posted by dragg:it is important for any race to learn their mother tongue.
do you know any malay that cannot speak malay? but there are plenty of chinese who cannot speak chinese.
A lot of hua2 qiao2 also cannot speak chinese (mandarin or dialect). Best example are our chinese friends from Indonesia. -
The label 'mother tongue' is ambiguous.Originally posted by LazerLordz:so what do you consider our mother tongue to be? Mine is Hokkien.
Mandarin is not my mother tongue. It just happens to be the national language of China.
If your hokkien father married your cantonese mother (for example), what is your mother tongue?