Talk:Malaysian hokkien

Malaysian hokkien
Hokkien phrasebook currently redirects to Minnan phrasebook, which explains that Minnan is called Hokkien in Malaysia. I'm not familiar with these languages enough to know whether they should have two separate articles. This one is currently almost empty.
 * Dunno - (WT-en) Texugo 09:14, 25 February 2009 (EST)
 * There's just one language, so I'd say we only need one article, It is called "Minnan hua", South Fujian speech, in Mandarin. Its own word for itself is "Hokkien", and that word is used in Singapore & Malaysian English. Probably the article should be at Hokkien phrasebook using the English name.


 * I do not think the regional variants Malaysian hokkien or Taiwanese need separate articles, just redirects. For Taiwanese, though, some would disagree on political grounds. (WT-en) Pashley 06:36, 28 February 2009 (EST)
 * There's a rather messy discussion that is somewhat relevant at Talk:Taiwanese phrasebook. (WT-en) Pashley 19:42, 1 March 2009 (EST)
 * Short answer: Redirect to Minnan phrasebook. Long answer: this issue is ridiculously complicated (see ). I would suggest redirecting everything to Minnan phrasebook, writing it up for Xiamen/Amoy dialect of Quanzhou–Zhangzhou with Peh-oe-ji romanization, and then possibly spinning off Taiwanese and Teochew phrasebook etc if there's need. (WT-en) Jpatokal 23:35, 1 March 2009 (EST)
 * Redirect I trust Jani's compentence on this --(WT-en) Stefan (sertmann) Talk 21:06, 2 March 2009 (EST)