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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

While the restaurant was able to feed up to around 200 people a night, Eng wanted to extend the reach of Cantonese-American food further, to people outside New York. Writing a book was his way of ...

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 ...

He is among many globalised and tech-savvy Hong Kongers who are making Cantonese more accessible to the world, tailoring their content and programmes largely to foreign language learners ...

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 ...

Although Cantonese speakers may learn Pinyin, they can choose, if they wish, to learn Cantonese romanization through other channels or ignore romanization systems altogether. But the state is choosing ...

It highlights the fact that dialects are still relevant.” In response to ST’s query, PSP said that “we are able to reach out to voters in different languages and dialects”, citing party chairman Tan ...