| Chinese in Singapore - SgWiki (2469 words) |
 | Unlike the Hokkien, Teochew and the Hainanese, the Cantonese speak a dialect belonging to the Yue family, and having much in common with the Hakka dialect. |
| Since their dialect was initially somewhat intelligible to Mandarin, although strongly influenced by Min-nan and Yue, they were believed to have migrated from Northern China between the 16th and the 17th century. |
| They can all speak Mandarin Chinese, the lingua franca among all the Chinese dialects, but may be able to speak their own dialects as well, though their own dialects are rarely used in daily life even among those from the same region. |
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