Dialect in decline: Penang aims to make Hokkien popular again

By N. TRISHA

GEORGE TOWN: Hokkien has always been the Chinese dialect synonymous with Penang.

One is sure to hear a line or two – if not more – in Hokkien when waiting in line at hawker centres.

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