<p>born here, with roots from taiwan. mandarin was my first language but by now my chinese is much worse than when i was four. i only speak it when forced 2 when im talking on the phone 2 my grandma. can write only a few chinese characters, heh heh</p>
<p>Well, my parents are white but my mom lived in Taiwan for 15 years and is always speaking Mandarin to me. She knows I don't understand it. What the heck.</p>
<p>So what does that make me? :)</p>
<p>born in cali, parents from karnataka, representin south india, wutup to all the desis out there.</p>
<p>can understand and speak some kannada.</p>
<p>african american asian...right here!!..wahahaha..
can speak/read/write mandarin.. reallly proficient.
went to chinese school for all of elementary school. :)</p>
<p>i'm half-asian. my mom is japanese, my dad is alaska native. </p>
<p>and i suck at japanese. my mom speaks it to me all the time and i'm just like "...". but i get to keep my cool japanese card, because i love anime. (subbed, obv.) :)</p>
<p>mom taiwanese, dad malaysian-chinese
can understand taiwanese and speak some
read/write/speak mandarin+japanese (live in japan)</p>
<p>Both my parents are mainland Chinese, and I was born in Beijing...moved to the US when I was four. I can speak Mandarin pretty well, but I can't read or write it.</p>
<p>I'm white...however I lived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for 4 years
I can speak malay...somewhat</p>
<p>Bangalore rocks!
Lol. I am from Karnataka, India and can speak Kannada..just like wrathofgod64! I was born there and came here 4 years ago.</p>
<p>My situation is similar to yanners's. I was born in Hangzhou, China, and immigrated to the U.S. when I was six (bordering on seven). I can speak Mandarin pretty fluently, but I'm pretty much considered illiterate.</p>
<p>korean, actually half, but i look completely asian</p>
<p>another korean here, too</p>
<p>South Korean studying in Canada</p>
<p>Born in mainland china, moved to nj at age 3.</p>
<p>Better question:</p>
<p>What type of Asian aren't I?</p>
<p>Philippines!</p>
<p>I'm half Asian. China, holla! ;)</p>
<p>I'm proud to be different --- I'm not Mandarin. (No offense, just that everyone who is Chinese is Mandarin, and that's no fun.) I'm CANTONESE yes!</p>
<p>My mother is all Asian, my dad is African-American (among other things, but that's not my point.) </p>
<p>She was born in Hong Kong. Represent?</p>
<p>sweetsaz,</p>
<p>That's different? A large proportion of the Chinese population in San Francisco is Cantonese. Not very unique at all. Sorry! Most of the Chinese I know in California are Cantos. :)</p>
<p>Both my parents are from India. I'm south Indian, from Andhra Pradesh, and I came to the US when i was six :) I speak telugu.</p>
<p>Okay? Congratulations to the state of California! <em>claps</em></p>
<p>I'm just saying I'm glad not to be in the MAJORITY, so don't try to knock me down, okay?</p>
<p>Sure, over there it may not be different in California, but in New Jersey I'd say its VERY DIFFERENT. So please do not speak for me, when I am just talking about MY REGION. Thank you.</p>
<p>Seriously, I didn't mean to come off like I was the ONLY CANTONESE person out there. I don't care how many are in California...</p>
<p>Just because you have experienced that, does not mean that applies to everyone else. It's certainly not true in my case.</p>