Burmese Fukienese

xiaojian · Post by **xiaojian** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:43 am

My father's family speaks Fukienese, and I want more information on Burmese Fukienese. Like water, in Mandarin it's shui, but in Burmese Fukienese, it's yei (which means water in Burmese). And, a kyi for older sister, which is also a kyi in Burmese (a jie in Mandarin). And older brother a kou, same in Burmese (a ge in Mandarin). Is this Fukienese or Burmese? The main Chinese dialects in Burma are Fukienese, Cantonese, and Hakka.

hong · Post by **hong** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:44 am

I don't know what you trying to ask .brother in burmese are nyee,itkoh,mowng.Web page put 1.5 m quanzhou people in myanmar.

hong · Post by **hong** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:01 am

From what I read from ciangchiu's web site ,myanmar have ciangchiu people from Nanjing 南靖 sect.They might be hakka but not ciangchiu minnan people.

qrasy · Post by **qrasy** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:15 pm

I don't know "Yei"
Here, Hokkienese speakers say "Chuy" (Shang tone) for Water.

I don't recognize "Kyi", I say "Chi"

winmin · Post by **winmin** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:40 am

I am a Chinese from Burma.

Yei means water and akoh means older brother in Burmese. Your parents may have adopted Burmese words.