Saving Penang Hokkien

Join me on a heartfelt journey to save Penang Hokkien, my mother tongue, from the brink of extinction. Over the past 12 years, I’ve dedicated myself to preserving this beautiful tonal language, creating a unique writing system and an online dictionary that bridges Penang Hokkien with English, Malay, Mandarin, and other Chinese languages.
In this video, I introduce the essentials of Penang Hokkien, offering a glimpse into its rich tonal system and how it is represented in writing. Whether you’re a beginner curious about learning to speak and write Penang Hokkien, or someone passionate about language preservation, this is your gateway to exploring a cultural treasure.
Together, let’s ensure that Penang Hokkien thrives for generations to come. Subscribe for more resources and join the movement to keep this language alive.
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[@festechew6468]

Rejoice in your right effort of saving Penang Hockkien. Thank you for sharing the video. 🙏🏻

[@frederickastarr9771]

Thank you, Timothy. Your videos are wonderful, we learned a lot as Hokkein from the Philippines living in the US. I encouraged my grandchildren to watch your videos as well. "toche"

[@banchew3983]

Hi Timothy, thanks for putting in so much effort to preserve Penang Hokkien. I am a Penang born Hokkien living overseas. I came across your channels a few years back with interest. Occasional I re-visit the channel and was always fascinated with the content. I have extensive knowledge in A.I. especially in text to image, text to video, text to voice, lip-syncing, etc. With your written approach to Hokkien, have you considered training an A.I. model to take a string of your text representation of Hokkien and correctly verbalize it?

[@akeetew9706]

Bravo Timorthy， Suggest you get someone to also produce short and interesting shows about Penang exclusively in Penang Hokkien with subtitles in your created alphabet together with English. This will encourage many people to learn the dialect in order to understand the programs better. At later stage even make short movies with the same concept.