Study in Guǎngdōng - Lonely Planet Travel Information

Study

Language

The vast majority of the people of Guǎngdōng speak Cantonese, a dialect distinct from Mandarin. Though it enjoys much less exalted status than the so-called national language, Cantonese is in fact older than Mandarin and classical poetry sounds much better when read using that dialect’s pronunciation.

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