The point of all this is that Mandarin is one of many dialects, and it is important to understand the diversity of dialects within China. Linguists have split Chinese into somewhere between seven and ...

Cantonese is said to be closer than Mandarin to ancient Chinese. ... the Chinese government tried to make Mandarin the national language in an effort to bridge the myriad dialects across the country.

That Cantonese could follow suit can seem alarmist, bordering on ridiculous. About 90% of Hong Kongers – some 6.8 million people ... often at the expense of regional languages and dialects.

Cantonese, a southern Chinese dialect with a long history but an uncertain future in China, is being championed around the world in some surprising ways and some unlikely places. At Palacky ...

While many dialects are gradually disappearing, Cantonese remains vibrant and widely used. Yuan Xiaoting, from Shenzhen in Guangdong province, is a renowned language vlogger and educator who has ...

As Chinese dialects around the world are threatened, some Australians are finding a safe haven for the language in their new home. Skip to main content ABC News ...

As Thai hit movie How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies illustrates, the waning use of “dialects” can make it hard for grandchildren to communicate with their grandparents, says linguistics ...

Tales Of 4 Dialects, a musical journey of song and dance presented in Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien and Teochew, comprises four original stories inspired by the trials and tribulations of different ...

I learned that there are over 200 dialects of Chinese, but Cantonese and Mandarin cater to most of the population in China, so it made sense to do them both, especially since there was not much ...

Swiftly coming to my defence, my partner explained in fluent Cantonese that I have been improving, and am currently relearning my dialect. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking ...