Yeoh Family
Yeoh is one spelling of the Hokkien pronunciation (; IPA: ) of the Chinese surname spelled in Mandarin Chinese Pinyin as Yáng (; see that article for the history of the surname). Another common spelling is Yeo. Both the spellings Yeoh and Yeo are common in southeast Asia, for example among Malaysian Chinese Malaysian Chinese (; Malay: ''Orang Cina Malaysia''), alternatively Chinese Malaysians, are Malaysian citizens of Han Chinese descent. They form the second largest ethnic group after the Malay majority constituting 22.4% of the Malaysian po .... People Notable people with the surname Yeoh include: * Benjamin Yeoh (born 1978), British playwright *Bernard Yeoh (born 1969), Malaysian sport shooter *Brenda Yeoh, Singaporean academic and geographer * Cheryl Yeoh (born 1983), Malaysian entrepreneur in California *Dawn Yeoh (born 1986), Singaporean actress *Francis Yeoh (born 1954), Malaysian businessman, son of Yeoh Tiong Lay *Hannah Yeoh (born 1979), Malaysian politicia ...
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Hokkien
The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages in Taiwan, and it is also widely spoken within the Chinese diaspora in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia; and by other overseas Chinese beyond Asia and all over the world. The Hokkien 'dialects' are not all mutually intelligible, but they are held together by ethnolinguistic identity. Taiwanese Hokkien is, however, mutually intelligible with the 2 to 3 million speakers in Xiamen and Singapore. In Southeast Asia, Hokkien historically served as the '' lingua franca'' amongst overseas Chinese communities of all dialects and subgroups, and it remains today as the most spoken variety of Chinese in the region, including in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and some parts of Indochina (part ...
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