About the Cantonese language

What is common between Sun Yat-sen, a revolutionary, Ieoh Ming Pei, an architect, and Jackie Chan, the Jackie Chan? They speak the same language. Which is… - Chinese, correct. But which Chinese? Because there are many varieties of Chinese, or many Chinese languages. The variety these three famous people share as a native language - Cantonese - has a strong presence in modern Chinese culture and is spoken not only in China but all over the world. Cantonese had a rich history from Cantonese opera to Hong Kong cinema and Cantopop and has a strong presence not only in South East China, but also all over the world.

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[neonx]

I'm Cantonese…It'a awesome to watch western people introduce our language

[nicelogin]

Cantonese translation was finally added to Google Translate on 6/27/24. (7 days after this video was posted.) The previous claim from Google on why Cantonese was not enlisted was due to it not being a popular language. My Buff! Even a language with just a thousand people who could speak it was enlisted on Google Translate - but not Cantonese. It was so messed up. Even Stanford University was trying to cancel Cantonese courses, claiming it was due to budget cut.

[percytam]

I am a Hongkonger. Thank you very much for your awesome introduction of my interesting mother tongue - Cantonese ❤❤❤

[pdyq]

As a native Cantonese speaker from Hong Kong, I was so excited when I saw the video in my recommendations!
Great pronunciation! There are some flaws overall but Cantonese is not the easiest language to pronounce overall xD

2:20 The Pinyin translation of 廣州 should be Guangzhou, without the h in the middle.
7:43 The place should be pronounced Shang-hai.
11:41 The vowel (at least in Guangzhou-Hong Kong Cantonese, unsure about other Cantonese) should be [ɵ], as represented on the chart in 11:27.
13:43 The character 嗰 is pronounced as go2, 個 is pronounced as go3.
18:42 The Jyutping transcription of 食 shoud be sik6. In Yale transliteration (seems to be used in the Ling app, but with number-marking tones), it is sihk/sihk6.

[Zenki_Kong]

thanks for sharing a video about Cantonese😭We really need more and more people know this language😭

[ArsenicAl]

I’m native Cantonese speaker from HK. I learnt a lot watching this video lol you always discuss the history, culture and linguistics characteristics of languages so in-depth. I’m surprised you knew the protest in HK and Guangzhou and the politics too. Thank you for the videos :)

[cwcwilson]

I am a native Cantonese, and I am absolutely shocked that the information provided in this video is extremely accurate, which I was not expecting when it's coming from a foreigner's perspective. She actually got all the facts right without noticeable bias.

[Vinvininhk]

0:46 Cantonese is mainly spoken in the western part of Guangdong. The eastern part of Guangdong, speak Hakka and Min languages. Also don't forget that the eastern part of Guangxi (the province west of Guangdong) also speaks Cantonese.

9:57 colloquial Cantonese writing is also sometimes used on advertisements, election banners and also in witness statements, because you'd want to record the exact wording.

[gerard]

Excellent video, concise perfect explanation of Cantonese. I'm English and when I first heard Cantonese at 15 years old decided I had to learn it. Bought a book called "teach yourself Cantonese" studied it with the help of a Chinese woman and went to live in Hong Kong to perfect my Cantonese and learn kung fu. Ended up working in a pub and staying 7 years, then worked in a casino in Macau. Love the language, now live in San Francisco, speak Cantonese, watch Jade dramas to maintain it.

[yuetyum]

It's important to link Cantonese to Chinese words, prose and poetry. Otherwise, it will diminish like other southern Chinese dialects that they exist only in colloquial but not written pieces. Finally, their spoken words lost the written form like some colloquial Cantonese words. Reading aloud Chinese literature, particularly poems, is the best way to practice and preserve the linkage.

[sodian-df]

I am from Hong Kong.I am so glad that someone will do a video about Cantonese ❤

[erdno]

Watching from Macau as a native Cantonese speaker. Thanks for this video!

[kori]

12:54 the final is pronounced, it's just not released. Your tongue/mouth do still make the complete closure for the consonant.

[mikecaetano]

Very interesting. When I was a child in the seventies most of the Chinese I heard spoken in California was Cantonese, but today more often its Mandarin. To my ears Cantonese sounds like a cross between Mandarin and Vietnamese.

[leoschultheiss]

Julie, your channel is hands down one of my favorites on YouTube. Thank you for what you do! From Switzerland!

[Parcolai]

19:27 It depends. If the person speaks Mandarin in a more northern accent, Cantonese speakers tend to be a bit more "hostile" for lack of a better term. If they speak in a more Southern Accent, like Hokkien or Taiwanese, Cantonese speakers tend to be more at ease. It's actually been an ongoing thing. Northern Chinese Culture is quite different from Southern culture. Most of China's land boarders through out history had been in the North, meaning most invasions come from the North. The North Western part of China is also more barren. As a result, Northerners tend to be (seen as) tough and a bit more direct. Land borders also mean free movement of people and mixing of culture. The imperial family of Tang dynasty are famously of non Han Chinese blood. They were actually peoples from a different culture that shared a border with Northern China. Southern Chinese people tend to be more reserved and flowery with their language.

[benchu]

I followed Julie channel since the start of Covid period and I always amazed with her capability to understand and explain so many different language. I am from HK and native speaker of cantonese and I must say this video covered a lot of knowledge about this amazing language. In fact, even within Guangdong we can more or less tell which part of that person belong to when we hear their way of using cantonese. In particular, HK people can tell the different from Guangzhou people. Although Guangzhou speak a more original cantonese, the HK cantonese, as the video rightly pointed out, have a strong (wouldn’t say stronger but very strong) representation to the language thanks to the movie and TV influence to mainland china and the world. Great job Julie pls keep it up~

[mrkl]

The level of detail in this video is impressive. It breaks down everything systemically. Even as a native speaker, I learned so much! From how it progressed throughout history to how we came up with 8/9 tones, haha.

[hoy-cheung]

So good，I m Cantonese.Glad to see your video.

[ronnronn]

Incredible research into a very convoluted subject. You did an amazing job of streamlining your presentation. Thanks, Ronn