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My hat's off to you for learning Cantonese, it's not easy both on the surface (more tones than Mandarin, traditional vs simplified characters), but also for the
by philsnow 6y ago
My hat's off to you for learning Cantonese, it's not easy both on the surface (more tones than Mandarin, traditional vs simplified characters), but also for the paucity of Canto-specific resources, as you point out.
Finally, it really is a dying language and I myself struggled with squaring the effort I was putting in with the perceived benefit I would get from it -- it was largely an attempt at filial piety, so that I could speak with my wife's grandparents and also demonstrate respect, but then they passed away. Nowadays I hear that Cantonese isn't even taught in schools in Hong Kong. The writing is on the wall for the language.
I was amazed that the local community college in my hometown had Cantonese for a long time (before finally giving up and shuttering it about 7 years ago).
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/ http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/ is a great resource for anybody learning Cantonese.