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#76 Cantonese and the uniqueness of Chinese dialects

Nov 29, 2021

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What Is a Dialect?

01:57

Cantonese Characters

03:51

Cantonese and Mandarin - What's the Difference?

03:35

Introduction

3min

Cantones

2min

What Is a Dialect?

2min

We All Speak Joen on and It's Fang Yin

2min

Cantonese

3min

The Difference Between Cantones and English

4min

Learn Mandarin - What's the Difference Between Standard and Standard?

5min

How to Learn Cantones

3min

Learning Cantones

2min

10.

Just Friends Is a Breakthrough Level Grated Reader

2min

11.

Cantonese Characters

4min

12.

Can You Learn Cantonese?

5min

13.

Cantones and Mandarin - What Did You Do?

4min

14.

Cantonese and Mandarin - What's the Difference?

4min

15.

How Did It Go?

3min

16.

The Importance of Literacy in Learning Chinese

6min

In this episode, John and Jared respond to a listener question about Cantonese, which leads to a discussion around China’s numerous dialects/languages, which are in fact “topolects.” Guest interview is with Daniel Pang, who grew up speaking Cantonese at home, became a doctor, then quit his job to learn Chinese. Links from the episode:Varieties of Chinese (Wikipedia)"A language is a dialect with an army and navy" (Wikipedia)Just Friends? / 我们是朋友吗？ (Mandarin Companion graded reader)Wu Chinese WikipediaDaniel Pang YouTube channel See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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