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#76 Cantonese and the uniqueness of Chinese dialects
You Can Learn Chinese
English - November 29, 2021 12:52 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 116 ratingsLanguage Learning Education Society & Culture Places & Travel reading_in_chinese chinese_self_study popup_chinese hsk_4 hsk_2 mandarin_companion mandarin_chinese learning_chinese learning_chinese_tones talk_chinese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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 WikipediaDaniel Pang YouTube channel
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