amhoanna wrote:If you're talking about literary pronunciations, there's not going to be much of a differencc between this forum's "Hokkien" and the languages spoken in Hokciu 福州 or 福清 "Hockchia" or 莆田 Henghwa. In fact, there's not even going to be much of a difference vs Korean, tones aside. If you're talking about colloquial pronunciations, there's still a lot of similarities between the languages I just mentioned. The vocabulary and tone rules are really different though. If you read Chinese, you might want to take a spin on the ISPEAKMIN forum.
Dear amhoanna
Thank you for your very interesting and helpful reply. Hokkien is such a special and diverse language that non-Hokkien speakers benefit greatly from forums such as this, and the kindness of its contributors who share their knowledge freely.
Thank you for your suggestion regarding the 'ISPEAKMIN' forum, I shall pay a visit shortly.
Best Wishes
shida