16 Facts About Singaporean Hokkien

Singaporean Hokkien is a local variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively in Singapore.

Singaporean Hokkien is the Min Nan pronunciation for the province of Fujian, and is generally the term used by the Chinese in Southeast Asia to refer to the 'Banlam' dialect.

Singaporean Hokkien generally uses Amoy as its standard, and its accent is predominantly based on a mixture of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou speech, with a greater inclination towards the former.

For instance, Singaporean Hokkien is influenced to a certain degree by Teochew, and is sometimes regarded as a combined Hokkien–Teochew speech.

The most common places to hear Singaporean Hokkien spoken in Singapore are at the country's hawker centres or kopi tiams.

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In Singaporean Hokkien—as compared to Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Amoy or Taiwanese, which pronounce the vowel —there is a vowel change from to.

The word is commonly used in Singaporean Hokkien to mean "want to", but in standard Hokkien and Taiwan Hokkien, the word is used instead.

However, research indicated that the word "lui ?" is in fact a unique Singaporean Hokkien word, originating from the unit of currency known as " tang-lui" during the early Chinese Republican period.

Singapore is a multilingual country, Singaporean Hokkien has been influenced by many other languages spoken in Singapore.

Certain colloquial pronunciations of Singaporean Hokkien words are directly inherited from the consonant system of Old Chinese.

Singaporean Hokkien did not experience a great phonological change throughout the transition period from Old Chinese to Middle Chinese.

Singaporean Hokkien preserved a unique feature of Old Chinese: it does not have the consonant "f".

Singaporean Hokkien preserved the nasal vowel and the vowel of Old Chinese.

The scriptures contain Singapore-style Singaporean Hokkien romanization are available to assist during the scriptural recitation.

Early Singaporean Hokkien opera had its origins in Gaojia opera, which was brought from Quanzhou to Singapore during the late 19th century.

Singapore Singaporean Hokkien movies began to appear in the late 1990s, notably by dubbing in Singaporean Hokkien mainstream Chinese movies made in Singapore.