Major languages spoken in Penang are Malay, English, Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka, Mandarin, and Tamil. These languages include Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka, and Mandarin. The Chinese community is represented by several dialect groups&colon; Teochew, Hainanese, Hakka and Hokkien. In West Malaysia, Hokkien became the leading group followed by Cantonese, Hakka and Teochew. Most Asian Latin Americans are of Cantonese and Hakka origin. Tanka were barred from Cantonese and Hakka celebrations. Chen is Taiwanese Hakka from Hsinchu County. Approximately half of the Hakka in Taiwan do speak Taiwanese. He had a cultural background of Hakka and Cantonese. The syntax of Taiwanese is similar to southern Chinese varieties such as Hakka and Yue. Varieties of Taiwanese Hakka were officially recognized as national languages. Lee was a fourth-generation Singaporean of ethnic Chinese ancestry of mostly Hakka and Peranakan descent. A minority trace their ancestry to Hakka and Hainanese immigrants. Announcements are in four major languages (Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, and English). Yau was born in Shantou, Guangdong, China with Hakka ancestry in Jiaoling County.