Cantonese and the uniqueness of Chinese dialects
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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 Wikipedia
