Chinese languages

Interesting. I wonder if there are a lot of Chinese south of Rangoon? Yes, there are, especially in other provincial towns like Mawlamyaing (Moulmein), and along the thin coastal strip of land where Burma borders Thailand. But for the most part, Lower Burma is more Southern Chinese, while Upper Bur...

From the Chinese characters displayed, I presume you are educated in Mandarin? Yes, English and Burmese are my personal strengths, but I did also attend Chinese school as a child to learn Mandarin, so I am proficient, but my pronunciation is terrible. Definitely not native-like. I am guessing the 3...

In Rangoon, the Chinese there is nearly half Taishanese & half Fujianese with a slight majority tilt leaning towards Fujianren. Intermarriage among the two groups is quite common and Mandarin is used between these two groups. There is no discrimination against Chinese in Burma compared to Huare...

My father's side are actually Hokkiens from the delta region in Burma (my grandfather has ancestry from Longxi, idk abt my grandmother). Only my grandparents and older aunts and uncles can converse in fluent Hokkien (and Mandarin)--the younger ones, my father included, speak mostly Burmese, but can ...