Culture and History of Penang Hokkien
Go BackHow does Penang Hokkien come about? Who are the people who speak it? Why and when did Penang Hokkien become the lingua franca of the Chinese of Penang? How does the system of romanization used in this course compare with other forms of Hokkien romanization? In this section are articles that provide you insights into the language.
- Arrivals of the Chinese in the Malay peninsula
- Missionary Dictionaries of Hokkien
- Where does Penang Hokkien come from?
- Do Penang Chinese remember where they come from?
- Chronological History of the Hokkiens in Penang
- Penang Hokkien words in English
- Creating a truly Penangite Language
- Introducing Learn Penang Hokkien
- Are you a Penang Baba Nyonya?
Background to the development of Learn Penang Hokkien
- About Penang Hokkien
- Why write Penang Hokkien in Romanised Form
- Tai3ji3 Romanisation System
- The Thought Process that went into developing the Tai3ji3 System
- Gatekeeper for Penang Hokkien: The issue of the methodology for permitting a word into the Penang Hokkien Dictionary.
- The Risk of Relying Only On Peh-oe-ji When Learning Penang Hokkien
Penang Hokkien Authors
- Cheah Cheng Seang
Cheah Cheng Seang is the author of the book Penang Hokkien (Minnan) Dialect. He serves as the supervisor for tourism and events at the Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi. - Raymond Kwok
Raymond Kwok is an expert on Baba Nyonya culture. He has written a number of books on Baba Nyonya and has also assembled Hokkien rhymes and ditties into books. - Tan Choon Hoe
Tan Choon Hoe wrote the first book to teach Penang Hokkien in recent times, and in so doing is credited with reviving interest in learning the language.
Miscellaneous
Reference Material, Academic Papers and other resources related to Penang Hokkien
- English Min Nan Chinese Dictionary: https://glosbe.com/en/nan
- Lexilogus of the English, Malay and Chinese Languages (Malacca, 1841):
https://www.penang-traveltips.com/pdf/lexilogus-of-the-english-malay-and-chinese-languages.pdf - Malay Lexicalized Items in Penang Peranakan Hokkien, an academic paper presented by Lim Beng Soon of the Regional Language Centre, Singapore, and Teoh Boon Seong, Singapore Management University:
https://www.penang-traveltips.com/pdf/malay-lexicalized-items-in-penang-peranakan-hokkien.pdf - Words in Penang Hokkien:
https://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/tien-hsia.php?searchterm=026_hokkien.inc&issue=026 - Written Hokkien (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_Hokkien - Peh-oe-ji (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB - Min Nan (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnan
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