Penang Hokkien - Hokkien, Chinese Characters, Chinese Language

Penang Hokkien is a local variant of Hokkien spoken in Penang, Malaysia. It is the lingua franca among the majority Chinese population in Penang as well as other northern states of Malaysia surrounding it, and is characterised by the pronunciation of words according to the Zhangzhou Hokkien: Chiang-chiu) dialect, together with widespread use of Malay and English borrowed words. It is predominantly a spoken dialect: it is rarely written in Chinese characters, and there is no standard romanisation. This article uses the Missionary Romanisation or Pe h- e-j ( ) which is common in Taiwan.

Product details

• Assisted by: Epimetheus Chr. Hiram (Editor), Epimetheus Christer Hiram (Editor)
• Publisher: Betascript Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.03.2012
• EAN: 9786137965276
• ISBN: 9786137965276
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 198 g
• Subject: Guides > Law, job, finance > Letters, rhetoric