Three Chinese dialects in Malaysia

Author: Chen Xiaojin
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book is based on extensive primary materials and comprehensively elaborates on the three Chinese dialects spoken in Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur Cantonese (Yue dialect), Sireh Hakka in Johor, and Tanjung Pinang Teochew. It covers phonology, vocabulary, and grammar, and compares each with its corresponding Chinese dialects in mainland China—Guangzhou Cantonese, Huoyang Dali Hakka, and Chaozhou—revealing the characteristics of these three Malaysian Chinese dialects and their similarities and differences with their ancestral dialects. This book is a detailed work introducing Malaysian Chinese dialects and a detailed work introducing Chinese dialects popular overseas. It serves as a reference for Chinese dialect studies both in China and abroad, and can also help Chinese speakers of these three dialects in Malaysia understand their mother tongue and learn Mandarin (Standard Chinese).