Sunday, February 24, 2013

Hokkien is a historical ancient imperial language

Saw this spreading on facebook. 
Though its pretty cool. Next time I kanina someone, pls dont tell me I'm crude.
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HOKKIEN IS THE SOLE SURVIVING CHINESE LANGUAGE FROM THE TANG DYNASTY 2,000 YEARS AGO.

If you're a Hokkien, do you know Hokkien is the Ancient Imperial Language of China - 2,000 Years Ago.

If you're a HOKKIEN Take Note !!

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 福建话/闽南话)

Hokkien is:

1. The surviving language of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝, 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 福建省) province. Hence, Hokkien called themselves Tng-lang (唐人(比喻为唐朝子孙) Tang Ren or People of the Tang Dynasty) instead of Hua Lang (华人 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 instance, 学生 Hak Seng (student), 大学 Tua Ok (university), 读册 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" (唐诗三百首) sound better when recited in Hokkien/Teochew if compared to 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.

More Astonishingly:
Although not genetically-related, Hokkiens, Koreans and Japanese share many similar words (which are different from Mandarin). Example: News - 新闻 Shim Bun, World - 世界 Se Kai in Japanese)

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).
To all 49 Million Hokkien Speakers:

Be Proud of Your Ancient Hokkien Heritage & Language! Speak it Loud and Clear. Teach Your Future Generation this Imperial Language, Less it Fades Away. Be Proud Children of the Tang Emperors.

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

Keep in mind that Mandarin is just:

1. A Northern Chinese dialect 北方话 (heavily influenced by non-Han Chinese) that was elevated to the status of National Language by Sun Yat Sen (孙中山,原名孙逸仙) 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. Start speaking the language of your ancestors today.

[Credits to Leonard Luar for providing this useful historical information. ]

6 comments:

Chinese said...

http://baike.baidu.com/view/33241.htm?fr=aladdin


Additional proof to substantiate the claim. One cannot be said to borrow another language when he/she are the original people who speak it.

Chinese said...

Quote from Baidu article;
闽南、台湾等地传承此一文化的语言,为我们习称的“闽南语”,在祖国传统文化的历史长河中,闽南话所蕴含的意义在于我们的中原华夏先祖在多次大迁徙中避开了中原民族融合所造成的语言改革,很完整地保留了唐、魏及五代十国等时代的古代中原河洛音,也就是那时的中原话

Chinese said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x0EXIrADaIU

Watch this video (website provided above) to further understand more on the Hokkien dialect.From the UNESCO website. Added here to further explain the Hokkien dialect.

http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/RL/00199

Cherub said...

wah didnt know hokkien so much historical and cultural significance...

Chinese said...

http://jilu.cntv.cn/humhis/quanzhounanyin/classpage/video/20100205/100730.shtml

This 5 series video further prove hokkien is the language used during Tang, Sung etc.

Chinese said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xkXAnRTL3PQ

See Tang Poetry in Hokkien.

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