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Can people who speak Mandarin understand people who speak Cantonese?
However, the two languages are distinct when spoken. Mandarin speakers typically cannot understand Cantonese speakers, and vice versa.
Is Taiwanese similar to Cantonese?
the words are completely different, there are not really a lot of similar words at all. cantonese has way more tones, both have more tones than mandarin. taiwanese takes a lot of japanese words like truck etc.
How many Singaporeans speak Cantonese fluently?
Today in 2019, the population of Singapore is about 5.4 million with about 3 million citizens and there are about 1 million people above 50 years old, of which 555,000 of them are Singaporean Chinese. This gives us about 133,000 Singaporean Cantonese whom are most likely to speak Cantonese fluently.
Why do the majority of the Han Chinese speak Cantonese?
The majority of the Han Chinese population can speak Mandarin but not all speak Cantonese because Mandarin is an enormous group of Sinitc (Chinese) variety that is spoken in vast areas of mainland China. The mainland Chinese government mandate the use of Standard Mandarin in education, public media, businesses and official matters.
Is Cantonese the official lingua franca in China?
Mandarin is the official lingua franca in mainland china. But not all Han Chinese in Mainland China can speak Cantonese. Only the chinese who are natives of the Yue Chinese regions such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macau speak Cantonese as their native language.
What is the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin?
Mandarin is an enormous group of Sinitc (Chinese) variety that is spoken in vast areas of mainland China. Look at the sheer size of the Mandarin speaking population : 800–900 million Han Chinese speak Mandarin dialects as their native tongue vs 70 million-80 million Cantonese native speakers.