Even while conceding that people's facility with the language is slipping, Penang residents who hear Minnanhua spoken every day dismiss the possibility of its extinction-but with the younger generation's increasing disregard, can we be so sure that Minnanhua will still be around in Malaysia in 50 years?
雖說閩南語出現了語言缺失的現象，不過居住在檳城的華人天天都可以聽到閩南語而誤以為母語不會有消失的一天，但在年輕族群逐漸放棄方言的趨勢下，50 年後在大馬還有閩南語的存在嗎？