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but in this case it's about the written language and less about verbal dialects. Chinese and Cantonese are representable by the same written language.
by zht 13y ago
but in this case it's about the written language and less about verbal dialects.
Chinese and Cantonese are representable by the same written language.
- polymatter 13y agoSorry, no. > "Although Cantonese shares much vocabulary with Mandarin Chinese, the two languages are not mutually intelligible because of pronunciation, grammatical, and also lexical differences" from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantonese). Fluent and literate Cantonese are not automatically fluent and literate in Mandarin. In the same way fluent and native English speakers are not automatically fluent and literate in German, despite using the same alphabet and sharing some vocabulary and grammar.
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