cantonese Archives - Language Magazine

Cantonese Repression in Hong Kong

October 4, 2023

In Hong Kong, a group created to promote the use of Cantonese was pushed to close, after authorities raided its founder's family home last...

How to Pass High School Mandarin

March 17, 2023

Larry grew up in the US. His parents...

UN Combats False Claims on Cantonese

October 11, 2019

Multiple recent posts on Facebook and Twitter that claim that the United Nations (UN) has officially defined Cantonese as a language and not a dialect and...

Cantonese Backlash in Hong Kong

February 6, 2014

An article on the Hong Kong Education Bureau’s website claiming “Cantonese is not an official language” has been removed after criticism. The article, posted...

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