Hello - We are Hokkien Ren

I found this interesting artile. Hope you are Hokkien and enjoy it.

This is interesting if you're a Hokkien, do you Ancient Imperial Language of China - 2,000 ago. If you're a HOKKIEN Take Note !! How Did it Sound Like? (Mind you, it's no way similar to Mandarin). Has this Ancient Language Survived? Who speaks it today? You'll be Surprised. You have heard it. You, your parents, or grandparents may still be speaking this ancient, archaic language!

Yes, it's HOKKIEN (Fujian/Minnan Hua)

1: The surviving language of the Tang Dynasty (618-907AD), China 's Golden Age of Culture. Note: The Hokkien we hear today may have "evolved" from its original form 2,000 years ago, but it still retains the main elements of the Tang Dynasty Language.

2: Hokkiens are the surviving descendants of the Tang Dynasty. When the Tang Dynasty collapsed, the people of the Tang Dynasty fled South and sought refuge in the Hokkien ( Fujian ) province. Hence,Hokkien called themselves Tng-lang (Tang Ren or People of the Tang Dynasty) instead of Hua Lang (Hua Ren)

3: Hokkien has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4. Linguists claim that ancient languages tend to have more complex tones.

4: Hokkien retains the ancient Chinese pronunciation of "K-sounding" endings (for in stance, Hak Seng (student), Tua Ok (university), Thak Chek (read a book/study). The k" sounding ending is not found in Mandarin.

5: The collection of the famous "Three Hundred Tang Dynasty Poems" sound better when recited in Hokkien/Teochew if compared Mandarin

6: Consider this for a moment: Today, the Hokkien Nam Yim Ochestral performance still has its roots in ancient Tang dynasty music. Here's the proof: The formation of today Nam Yim ensemble is typically seen in ancient Tang dynasty paintings of musicians.

7: Astonishingly: Although not genetically-related, Hokkiens, Koreans and Japanese share many similar words that's because Hokkien was the official language of the powerful Tang Dynasty whose influence and language spread to Japan and Korea (just like Latin – where many words were borrowed by the English, French, Italian, etc). Here are just a few words in Hokkien, Japanese & Korean for your comparison:
Hokkien Korea Japanese
Sin Boon (News) Sin Mun Shinbun
Cheng Hu (government) Chong Bu Chon Boo

To all Mandarin-speaking friends out there, please do not look down on your other Chinese friends who do not speak Mandarin and whom you guys fondly refer to "bananas". In fact, they are speaking a language which is much more ancient & linguistically complicated than Mandarin.

Keep in mind that Mandarin is
1: A Northern Chinese dialect (heavily influenced by non Han Chinese) that was elevated to the status of National Language by Sun Yat Sen for the sake of China’s national unity.

2: Mandarin was never spoken by your proud, imperial Tang Dynasty ancestors. It was probably spoken by the Northern (Non-Han) Jurchen, Mongols and Manchu minority.

This aggrogant Mandarin speaking group likes to call us Banana and normally uses the teaching of The Art of War and/or dirty tricks acquired from The Three Kingdom in their daily lives. They are under the illusion that we the Bananas are not aware of their evil plots and doings . Just because we refused to participate in their disgusting behavior does not mean that we Bananas are stupid lah. We know what you are doing and we pray you change your evil ways before your dirty actions consummed you to hell.