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Old 05-04-2008, 08:00 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Languages (Weekly Poll #72)

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i speak mandarin, cantonese, english and min nan. min nan & taiwanese is the pretty much the same thing right (with a couple of differences)? ppl in taiwan just call it taiwanese ?

yup. " Min Nan usually refers toXiamen speech (better known as the Amoy language/dialect), which is usually called Taiwanese by residents of Taiwan, Fujian by residents in Fujian, Guangzhou and other provinces, as well as Hokkien by residents of Southeast Asia" ugh i hate how china has so many dialects! so confusing!
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