page_title: Singaporean Hokkien
section_title: In religion
hierarchical_section_title: Singaporean Hokkien / Cultural use / In religion
caption_attribution_description: English: A banner announcing English and Hokkien services at Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church, Singapore.
context_page_description: Singaporean Hokkien is a local variant of the Hokkien language spoken in Singapore. In Chinese academic circles, this dialect is known as Singaporean Ban-lam Gu. It is closely related to the Southern Malaysian Hokkien spoken in Southern Malaysia, as well as to Riau Hokkien spoken in the Indonesian province of Riau. It also closely resembles Amoy spoken in Amoy, People's Republic of China, and Taiwanese Hokkien which is spoken in Taiwan, Republic of China.
  Hokkien is the Min Nan pronunciation for the province of Fujian, and is generally the term used by the Chinese in South-East Asia to refer to the 'Banlam' dialect. Singaporean Hokkien generally uses Amoy as its standard, and its accent is predominantly based on a mixture of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou speech, with a greater inclination towards the former.
  Like many spoken languages in Singapore, Singaporean Hokkien is influenced by other languages or dialects spoken in Singapore. For instance, Singaporean Hokkien is influenced to a certain degree by Teochew, and is sometimes regarded as a combined Hokkien-Teochew speech. In addition, it has many loanwords from Malay and English.
context_section_description: Some of the Buddhist temples in Singapore continue to have Buddhist sutras being recited in Hokkien. The sutra contain Singapore-style Hokkien romanization to help in the recitation. Some of the Chinese Christian churches in Singapore also have services conducted in Singaporean Hokkien. Many of the Taoist services continue to be in Hokkien.
caption: A display outside Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church showing Hokkien Sunday Services (on the right side)
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