Very interesting to learn the history of the language of my ancestors. But the video is incomplete. Only 8.36 mins. Is there a part 2?
@dragonweey9 жыл бұрын
+CT Wong Sorry, there is no part 2. If you want more in-depth, you can look at my online writing, just search 吳,粵,閩,客家語的源流. In video, 羅康寧 is my 同鄉. 他首次提出"粵語形成於古廣信".
@jayrello45498 жыл бұрын
+dragonweey you learn the contonese Why to written English ?
Cantonese is the best. protect Cantonese .hong kong is the last stand
@ashaj70957 жыл бұрын
HK'ers have a habit of mixing English words when speaking Canto. How is that protecting the language? And most HK'ers like yourself dump their Chinese names for English names.
@Andsleeter7 жыл бұрын
+asha J .... Mandarin is mixed with foreign tongues a lot more than cantonese in HK. Even Mandarin has more and more English words now. So what is your point?
@ashaj70957 жыл бұрын
HK Canto speakers have had this habit as I remember back in the 70's. Tossing in English words and phrases while conversing in Cantonese by young and hip HK'ers came across as showy and pretentious. The point is, it's a bit late to 'protect' Cantonese from the Winnie, Simon and Apple Cheungs in HK.
@Andsleeter7 жыл бұрын
+asha J "it's a bit late to 'protect' Cantonese"...... I think Allen Chan's point is that HK is the last place to resist a ban on cantonese. My point is that even Mandarin also incorporates foreign words.... thats a world trend. Should we ban mandarin eventually?
@ashaj70957 жыл бұрын
Some Mandarin speakers didn't follow the english word trend until recently. To say there's a ban on cantonese is an exaggeration. If that were the case, the Canto-language programs from Guangzhou being broadcast must have been dubbed. The point is, for Allen Chan to say Canto is the 'best' and 'pure' is ironic and chauvinistic.
Interesting! I don't understand why some people think that Cantonese is lower class than Mandarin. Some Cantonese especially the younger generation prefer to speak Mandarin. Thanks for the upload.
@tuffcrowzer9 жыл бұрын
+victoriaM It's more of a social issue, especially with China being an economic power house learning Mandarin is like aquiring another "job skill". In reality, I think it is possible to have a country with multiple languages to exist. Canada is a great example of that, where you have Quebec being able to access French or English. This was an example pointed out by my Taiwanese friend as they have Mandarin and Fujian/Minanhua/Taiwanese/Hakka hanging out all together. With that being said, you have now a massive amount of cultural push(media) that uses mandarin. And with the younger generation trying to communicate as conveniently with as many people as possible I'm assuming they're not going to go against the crowd. As an American Born Cantonese, I'm super fortunate with parents especially my Dad being very knowledgable about Chinese history, Mandarin and Cantonese. I was fortunate enough to learn Cantonese slang too thanks to a wealth of Hong Kong entertainment. Right now living in Taiwan, learning Mandarin here has been really interesting and a blessing. Thank you for your awesome question and hopefully I can contribute to bring awareness to Cantonese, or at least educational understanding of Cantonese since a huge group of people in the world are learning Mandarin to "succeed" in China. I do have to admit, that is the reason why I started out to learn Mandarin, but right now I am realizing I love learning languages, period.