What is the difference of Hokkien and Mandarin?
Hokkien has one of the most diverse phoneme inventories among Chinese varieties, with more consonants than Standard Mandarin and Cantonese. Vowels are more-or-less similar to that of Standard Mandarin. Hokkien varieties retain many pronunciations that are no longer found in other Chinese varieties.
Is Hokkien closer to Cantonese or Mandarin?
The reason for such a huge difference is that, Hokkien is a much older language, older than Cantonese. It might have descended directly from old Chinese. Hokkien is called Fujianhua (福建话) in Mandarin. From this definition, it seems that it is the dialect spoken in Fujian province.
Do Taiwanese speak Hokkien or Mandarin?
Many Taiwanese, particularly the younger generations, speak Mandarin better than Hakka or Hokkien, and it has become a lingua franca for the island amongst the Chinese dialects.
Is Hokkien mutually intelligible with Mandarin?
It’s a dialect of Chinese and certainly cannot be called linguistically different. It is indeed a dialect of Hokkien that is mutually intelligible with and very similar to other varieties of Hokkien.
What country speaks Hokkien?
Hokkien is spoken in Taiwan and in parts of China including Fujian Province. It is also called Taiwanese, Min Nan (Southern Min), or Holo. There are several dialectal variants of Hokkien; this textbook uses the variant spoken around the Tainan area, where Hokkien is most prevalent in Taiwan.
Are Hainanese Hokkien?
Phonology. Hainanese has seven phonemic vowels. Hainanese notably has a series of implosive consonants, which it acquired through contact with surrounding languages, probably Hlai. The phonological system of Hainanese corresponds well with that of Hokkien, but it has had some restructuring.
How do you say hello in Hokkien?
你好 means “hello”; 你好吗 means “how are you”. Within the context of Singapore, you may also hear the word 你(li) being pronounced as 汝(lu). This is due to different variants of Hokkien being used by Singaporeans, including Quanzhou’s, Zhangzhou’s, Amoy’s and Taiwan’s.
Is Hakka a Hokkien?
Hokkien and Hakka are not the same thing. Hokkien people are people who speak Hokkien (Minnan hua (闽南话)in Mandarin), which originated in Fujian Province in China. Hokkien people had a high rate of emigration so ended up in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and beyond. Hakka (Keijia Hua 客家话) is a dialect of the Hakka people.
What does Gina mean in Hokkien?
6. si gina – damn kid. 7.