what other chinese languages do you speak?

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by smallrinilady, Jan 8, 2007.

  1. haun

    haun Well-Known Member

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    i speak fukkienese at home. its pretty much the same as taiwanese. my mum usually watch tainwanese tv shows and she understands it perfectly, but i found it hard to understand because the dialect is a bit different.
     
  2. qoo2828

    qoo2828 Well-Known Member

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    canto
    mando
    english
    french
     
  3. laziboi

    laziboi Well-Known Member

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    i know viet and canto. learning mando atm
     
  4. april07

    april07 Active Member

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    I speak cantonese and mandarin and also speak Hokkien(Fu Jian) and also bit of Teow Chew. Can understand little hakka as my mom usually speak that dialect with my uncle.
     
  5. Burpt

    Burpt Member

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    Rhô le frimeur XD.

    Mmm I speak French, English, Mando, Teochew & Hainan ^^.
     
  6. Lena

    Lena Member

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    I speak French, English and Vietnamese, a little spanish and italian
     
  7. happychic

    happychic Well-Known Member

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    I speak Hak ka with my parents and English nearly all the time, but can also speak basic cantonese - but would really love to learn mandarin one day
     
  8. Ham_Sup

    Ham_Sup Active Member

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    I can speak Cantonese, Mandarin, English (pretty good at all 3)
    I understand mild Japanese (<3 anime), and Toi San
     
  9. benjwang

    benjwang Well-Known Member

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    cantonse, mandarin, english, japanese, hokkien,
     
  10. MissCheekS

    MissCheekS Reconnaîssant ❤

    canto, hakka and a lil bit of mandarin as well
     
  11. projws

    projws Member

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    korean
     
  12. King_of_Zen

    King_of_Zen Member

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    I understand Cantonese, Toi San , and little bit of mandarin.
    I think its important first to learn your local area dialect , because it might fade away. Like all the smaller languages like Toi San, hakka, Taiwanese, and etc are giving way to Mandarin.
     
  13. hillary

    hillary Active Member

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    There is only one Chinese languege: Mandarin and there rest are dialects, agree?
    Ooo i think the different are thought this thread is about other Chinese dialects. Wonder why some of the posts mentioned other foreign language.
    Language: Mandarin
    Dialects: Hokkein (mother tongue), Chiu Chow, Cantonese (from TVB series, lol), lil bit of hakka.
     
  14. BabyRain

    BabyRain Doppelgänger of da E.Twin

    That's right the official Chinese language is Mandarin, the rest are dialects.
    I can speak Mandarin, cantonese and understand a lil bit of Hokkien :)
     
  15. ivyjue

    ivyjue Member

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    hokkian
     
  16. Vinnie_boy

    Vinnie_boy Well-Known Member

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    Fluent in both hakka and cantonese
     
  17. ribsandbbqbeef

    ribsandbbqbeef Well-Known Member

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    Fukien Wah & Taiwanese are both variations of Mun Nam Wah, one of the original languages of the 6 kindoms before the Chun dynasty. That's why they sound familiar, but over time has digressed.
     
  18. ribsandbbqbeef

    ribsandbbqbeef Well-Known Member

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    I disagree. Chinese IS a language and dialect is dialect, INCLUDING Mandarin. You are referring to China's designation of Mandarin as its national language, but it doesn't mean that Mandarin isn't just another dialect of Chinese.

    But I agree with you about the thread topic. It's annoying that people can't read and start writing about the non Chinese languages they speak...that should go in the "what languages can you speak thread." This thread is about Chinese dialects they can speak.
     
  19. chimagun

    chimagun Well-Known Member

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    i only speak cantonese and broken mandarin
     
  20. [mJ9]

    [mJ9] Well-Known Member

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    a little of hakka and mandarin