Singapore's Center for Domestic Employees (CDE) will introduce Chinese dialect courses such as in Hokkien and Cantonese next ...

The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien under even greater pressure, along with minority languages such as Tibetan, Mongolian and Uighur.

A NEW Zealander who speaks Penang Hokkien fluently believes that the dialect should not play second fiddle to Mandarin. Language expert Catherine Churchman said many people had the impression that ...

IT was a labour of love for former lecturer Tan Siew Imm as she put together the 525 pages of Hokkien words and phrases into English for her ‘Penang Hokkien – English Dictionary’. She said ...

Singapore’s Centre for Domestic Employees (CDE) will introduce Chinese dialect courses such as in Hokkien and Cantonese next ...