Some 848 million people worldwide speak Putonghua, compared to 62.2 million Cantonese speakers. That figure does not include the astonishing number of foreigners who are learning the language.

Alderete, John, Queenie Chan, Macarius Chan, Gloria Fan, and Olivia Nickel. 2017. Cantonese grammar synopsis. Manuscript, Simon Fraser University. Summary: 53 page ...

3. Can you switch easily between languages – for example, going from Cantonese to Putonghua or English – when you are talking with different people? Yes, I generally speak two or more ...

Three decades ago, finding opportunities to learn Cantonese in San Francisco ... of Mandarin – already the national language, spoken by one billion people – along with the country’s changing ...

From Cantonese to Jawi, Iban, Minang, Wolof, Manx, Breton and Occitan – to name but a few – these newly added languages are spoken by a combined 614 million people worldwide,"opening up ...

It's an encouraging shift for advocates who argue language can also be a carrier of culture. Cantonese and Mandarin, also called Putonghua, are distinct from each other. Many people think Chinese ...