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It’s not misinformation. You are basically saying it’s from mandarin back when mandarin was a lot more like Cantonese. It is very easy to hear the similarities
by onethought 4y ago
It’s not misinformation. You are basically saying it’s from mandarin back when mandarin was a lot more like Cantonese.
It is very easy to hear the similarities between bak ging and Peking… clearly they are related, exactly the same mouth tongue and aspiration.
But sure, it’s from mandarin back when mandarin pronounced it just like the Cantonese do :) not from Cantonese at all.
- jhanschoo 4y agoIt's also very easy to hear the similarities between Peking and Mandarin... clearly they are related in every aspect except for k > j Whereas for Cantonese, there's difference in vowel quality and the final -k of 北. It wouldn't be misinformation if Mandarin indeed used to be pronounced similar to Cantonese... but that's just not true since earlier Mandarin never had -a- for the vowel of 北; it was an innovation in several southern Chinese languages. At best we can say that they used to be pronounced like their Middle Chinese ancestors.