to be in the region of 1.5 million. It consists of 45% Malay, 41.5% Chinese, 9.1% Indian and 4.4% of other minorities. [2] Among the Chinese , the Teochew, Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese and Hainanese are the five major dialect groups in Johor Bahru. A small, significant minority of Hokchew/Foochow does exist.