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30-03-2017, 10:30 AM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

Believe it or not, my father shares the same dialect group with LKY and LHL. :o
But unfortunately, although I'm anti-PAP and anti-government (i.e. I don't support any opposition party), my father is pro-PAP. :*: :(

Anyway:
wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy)
wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language#Varieties (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language#Varieties)
wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese

https://www.sammyboy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30111&d=1490840031 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varieties_of_Chinese)

Census of Population 2010 Statistical Release 1 (© Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore)
singstat.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/publications/publications_and_papers/cop2010/census_2010_release1/cop2010sr1.pdf (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/publications/publications_and_papers/cop2010/census_2010_release1/cop2010sr1.pdf)
(pages 43 to 45 of the pdf file: "Table 4 Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex")
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https://www.sammyboy.com/images/attach/pdf.gif PROFILE OF THE SINGAPORE CHINESE DIALECT GROUPS by Lee Eu Fah.pdf (https://www.sammyboy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=30110&d=1490840029) (22.7 KB)



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