Malaysia and Indonesia is a Muslim majority countries but how come their malays

[Kiap Cai Png Jin Ho Jiak]

Malaysia and Indonesia is a Muslim majority countries but how come their malays and Indians youngsters and young adults can speak better Chinese dialects such as Teochew, Hakka, Cantonese, Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese than Singapore born Singaporean Chinese. While Singapore born Singaporean Chinese Youngsters and young adults 35 years old and below cannot even speak Mandarin Chinese let alone Chinese dialects.

[Risa]

environment n people they mix with

last time sg, kampong era, it is not unusual if malays and indians can speak mandarin or dialects especially if they live in chinese kampongs or those mixed racial group kampongs

i think mandarin and dialects are relatively easy for non-chinese ppl to learn n pick up, there are many languages in this world which are really complex be it vowels or grammer or verb etc. it is just the writing of chinese characters that is difficult.

[Imboredasshit]

Malaysia and Indonesia is a Muslim majority countries but how come their malays and Indians youngsters and young adults can speak better Chinese dialects such as Teochew, Hakka, Cantonese, Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese than Singapore born Singaporean Chinese. While Singapore born Singaporean Chinese Youngsters and young adults 35 years old and below cannot even speak Mandarin Chinese let alone Chinese dialects.

How u know? U go poll and check statistics?

U sure bo? Maybe only 1% knows?

[Imboredasshit]

environment n people they mix with

last time sg, kampong era, it is not unusual if malays and indians can speak mandarin or dialects especially if they live in chinese kampongs or those mixed racial group kampongs

i think mandarin and dialects are relatively easy for non-chinese ppl to learn n pick up, there are many languages in this world which are really complex be it vowels or grammer or verb etc. it is just the writing of chinese characters that is difficult.

My hse here the drinks uncle is more of mix indian or malay with chinese and got peranakan looks

So he speaks teochew with me. Many stall holders and older colleagues speak that to me at ex company

In the drinks uncles case coz he told me he teochew mah. Plus he grew up in this environment so i think is isolated case. Maybe rly 1% that can speak more than the usual knnbccb

Maybe some terms like jiak pah buay, ho boh, lei hou mou, sek bao mei

Gui lui, blah blah common terms


I dont think what indo and malays can speak good dialect fully unless u mean normal curse terms like knnbccb tllm

These type even angmor also easily pick up what

[Kiap Cai Png Jin Ho Jiak]

How u know? U go poll and check statistics?

U sure bo? Maybe only 1% knows?

I go Malaysia and Indonesia many times. Is a lot of their malays and Indians can speak Chinese dialects and Mandarin Chinese and they can speak them fluently and better than Singaporean Chinese. Me no lying.