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Peranakans origin from malacca not singapore (and they cant dont speak chinese/mandarin) ~1500 A.D
by satoshisvision 8y ago
Peranakans origin from malacca not singapore (and they cant dont speak chinese/mandarin)
~1500 A.D
- bogomipz 8y ago"Straits" refers to the "Straits Settlements" of the British East India Company East India Company which comprised Penang, and Malacca in present day Malaysia and also present day Singapore. And "Chinese" here refers to ethnic Chinese not necessarily Chinese speakers, nor did the OP imply they were Chinese speakers.
- mango7283 8y agoCitation needed that they "can't" speak Chinese/mandarin, this is hardly a universal defining trait, especially in modern Malaysia.