Penang Hokkien is a local variant of Hokkien spoken in Penang, Malaysia. It is spoken natively by 63.9% of Penang's Chinese community, and also by some Penangite Indians and Penangite Malays.
A Char Koay Teow stall. An example of how a Penangite writes Penang Hokkien using ad hoc methods.
Hokkien is a variety of Chinese from the Southern Min branch of the Sinitic languages, native to the Minnan region in the southern part of Fujian province in southeastern China, as well as the island
Koa-á books featuring Hokkien written in Chinese characters