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Though people in Hong Kong speak Cantonese, it is becoming increasingly marginalized.
Free-wheeling and business-oriented, the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is a long way from Beijing physically, culturally and linguistically -- and hackles have been raised by reports Communist authorities are demanding local television drop Cantonese in favour of Mandarin.
Throughout China, Mandarin -- known as Putonghua, the "common language", with its roots in Beijing's northern dialect -- is the medium of government, education and national official media.
The ruling Communist Party has long viewed it as a means of weakening regional loyalties and forging a sense of common identity, particularly in far-flung areas such as Xinjiang and Tibet which see fits of resistance to Beijing's rule.
But according to a ministry of education statement last year, 30 percent of Chinese -- 400 million people -- still cannot speak Mandarin.
Cantonese is the first language of roughly half the population of Guangzhou, China's third-largest city and the provincial capital of Guangdong -- where for many elderly residents, it is their only tongue.
Cantonese is spoken by more than 60 million people in China, according to the state-run China Daily -- on a par with Italian in terms of native speaker numbers.
Cantonese had been "tremendously weakened" in Guangdong since the People's Republic was established in 1949, he added. "If it weren't for Hong Kong, Cantonese would soon cease to exist as a significant linguistic force."
Ik kan best begrijpen dat de Chinese regering graag ziet dat China een taalkundige eenheid vormt, maar als China wil dat wij allemaal Mandarijn gaan leren, zullen ze toch ook meer sterke merken moeten opzetten en cultuur exporteren.
http://www.businessinside(...)peak-mandarin-2014-8[ Bericht 4% gewijzigd door Leafeon672 op 26-08-2014 10:57:43 ]
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dinsdag 26 augustus 2014 00:04 schreef
spijkerbroek het volgende:
Taalverkrachting is een misdrijf.
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maandag 21 september 2020 18:37 zal
yvonne het volgende schrijven:
Ik neuk jullie allemaal de moeder.