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The Most Common Surname in Each Country (5000 × 4611) (web.archive.org)
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[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Tan (Singapore and Malaysia) and Chen (Taiwan) are . . . the same surname

Is there a script or alphabet where they’re spelled identically?

[-] RandomStickman@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

They are all different pronunciation of the Chinese word 陳. Chen usually is besed off of the Mandarin way, Chan is Cantonese, and Tan is Hokkin, another Chinese dialect commonly spoken in Singapore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_%28surname%29?wprov=sfla1

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Super fascinating — thank you!

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