When I was growing up, my family members were the only Teochew people I knew, and the only people I spoke Teochew to. For some reason I always assumed that everyone was introverted and soft spoken.
I now have Teochew neighbors who exist on a different volume, so I think it just means my entire family is introverted and autistic. Nothing to do with the language we speak.
there aren't many resources for learning teochew at all if you didn't grow up speaking it
i think this site, and this specific speech, is the gold standard for what singaporean teochew sounds like (it's also a strong political speech)
Study guide to Teochew language for heritage speakers. Teochew (潮州話), also known as Chaozhou, Chiu-chow, or Chaoshan, is a Chinese language in the Southern Min subfamily. This site helps to explain the grammar and usage of the language to heritage speakers who would like to improve their understanding of Teochew.
@skinnylatte There's an edition of Wikipedia in Min, and if I understand correctly, Teochew is supposed to be a part of the Min group. It's mostly written in the Latin alphabet. Does it look like your language?
@aharoni it’s 80% the same but not 100%
The pronunciations are different
I don’t really think anyone reads it romanized like that too
@skinnylatte Thank you! I know that the division into named languages and ISO language codes does not 100% conform to reality. It's good to know that it's at least somewhat readable and related.
(I should've mentioned that I'm asking because I'm a member of the volunteer committee that verifies that languages in editions of Wikipedia are what they claim to be. We mostly trust the volunteer editors, but occasionally we verify stuff, and I don't recall we ever formally verified this language.)
Adrianna Tan
Amir E. Aharoni