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Tsakonian is a variety of Greek spoken in the Tsakonian region of the Peloponnese in Greece.

Some would say I'm boh liao for writing this post. However, I say poppycock, don't talk cock! I enjoy sharing information about slang. It's shiok, the bee's knees, although it does come across as cobblers. Don't say I'm siao or doolally. Just relak, keep your pecker up, even if you buay tahan. I'm off to spend

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Luc de Gijzel 2013. Areca Books Soft cover. 15.4cm x 10.6cm, 322 pages ISBN No: 9789675719103

Singlish is a unique language, Singaporeans speak it, love it and sometimes hate it. But did you know Singlish is one of the most efficient language in the world? Singlish is able to transmit a message or feeling with one of the least number of words used. It is simply incredible lah. To understand the crux of what Singlish is about, check out what Gwee Li Sui's simple but powerful illustration of how Singlish is constructed.

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This writing is traditional Mandarin Chinese writing, which is the official language of Taiwan. Even though Mandarin Chinese is the official language of Taiwan, the Taiwanese dialect called Taiwan Hokkien is often spoken in Taiwan. Since Taiwan Hokkien is a spoken language, there is not true writing for Taiwan Hokkien. You can see that Mandarin Chinese writing is very different from Arabic writing because Mandarin Chinese does not have letters, but Arabic does.

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Huat Kuih is a traditional Chinese steamed cake. “Huat” means prosperity in Hokkien language and “Kuih” is a malay word means cake.

台语 is a dialect used in Taiwan. Another name is 闽南语 Taiwanese Hokkien. #taiwanchinese #chinesewords #learnchinese

Khoekhoe (Nama) is a Khoe language spoken in Namibia, South Africa and Botswana by about 281,000 people.

In Taiwan, Hakka people comprise about 15-20% of the population and are descended largely from Guangdong: they form the second largest ethnic group on the island. Many Hakka moved to lands high up in the hills or remote mountains to escape political persecution. Many of the Hakka people continue to live in these hilly locations of Taiwan. Taiwan's Hakka are concentrated in Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, and around Chungli in Taoyuan County, and Meinong in Kaohsiung County…

A Peranakan Theatre group in Singapore puts on dramas & comedies in the Straits-Chinese patois,which is a mix of the Malay language & the Chinese dielect Hokkien(Fukian).