However, the descendants of the earliest Chinese migrants who arrived between the 13th and 17th centuries have assimilated aspects of the indigenous Malay cultures and formed distinct sub-ethnic groups, such as the Peranakans in Kelantan and Terengganu, Baba-Nyonya in Malacca and Penang, and the Sino-Natives in Sabah. Most Malaysian Chinese have maintained their Chinese heritage, including their diverse mother tongues. However, Mandarin is now widely used as a working language or lingua franca among the different Chinese ethnicities, particularly in younger generations. Among them are Cantonese in Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Kuantan, Seremban, Mersing, Kampar, Petaling Jaya and Sandakan, Hokkien in George Town, Alor Setar, Kangar, Klang, Taiping, Kota Bharu and Kuching, Hakka in Kota Kinabalu and Tawau, Teochew in Johor Bahru, Keningau, and Tenom, Foochow in Sibu, Miri and Sitiawan, and Hainanese in Kuala Terengganu and Papar. Different Chinese languages are spoken in Malaysian towns and cities. The ethnic subgroups of Chinese people in Malaysia include the Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Hainan, Foochow and Kwongsai. Malaysian Chinese are traditionally dominant in the business sector of the Malaysian economy. Malaysian Chinese form the second largest community of Overseas Chinese in the world, after Thai Chinese. Most of them are descendants of Southern Chinese immigrants who arrived in Malaysia between the early 19th century and the mid-20th century. They form the second largest ethnic group after the Malay majority constituting 22.4% of the Malaysian population. Malaysian Chinese ( simplified Chinese: 马来西亚华人 traditional Chinese: 馬來西亞華人 Malay: Orang Cina Malaysia), alternatively Chinese Malaysians, are Malaysian citizens of Chinese descent. significant Christianity ( Roman Catholicism, Protestantism) Ĭantonese pronunciation:.Mahāyāna Buddhism and Taoism ( Chinese folk religion) Mothertongue languages: Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Foochow, Hainanese, Taishanese and Henghua Manglish (creole) Mandarin (lingua franca), Malay and English as medium of communication in schools and government Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Perak, Selangor, Sarawak, Sabah Ethnic Chinese in traditional samfu attire with umbrella, c.

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