Cantonese, also known as Cantonese and Guangfu dialect, is commonly known as vernacular Chinese, and is called Tang dialect overseas. It is one of the seven dialects of Sino-Tibetan tonal language and Chinese, and it is also the mother tongue of Guangfu people of Han nationality.

Of course, Cantonese also includes other dialects, such as Hakka dialect in Meizhou, Chaozhou dialect in Chaoshan, and Cantonese, the most widely used vernacular represented by Guangzhou dialect. Including Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong, all accents except Hakka Chaoshan dialect, each place has its own language characteristics. Strictly speaking, Cantonese is a general term.

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1, Cantonese pronunciation is difficult, because there are really too many initials and finals. Because there are too many initials and finals in Cantonese, the pronunciation system of Cantonese is too complicated. This also leads to the complicated pronunciation of Cantonese and the great difficulty in learning it.

2. Too many tones. Now there are only four tones in Chinese and nine tones in Cantonese. Moreover, the differences between these nine tones are relatively small, so pronunciation will be very difficult.

3. grammar. It's hard not to speak Cantonese. The grammar of Cantonese is very different from that of Chinese. For example, they usually put adjectives after the words they describe. For example, rooster in Chinese is called rooster in Cantonese.

Cantonese is a combination of elegant words from the ancient Central Plains and ancient Cantonese, which has a complete set of nine tones and six tones, perfectly retaining the characteristics of ancient Chinese. Cantonese is widely popular in overseas Chinese communities in China, such as Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Sydney, Melbourne, Christmas Island, new york, San Francisco, Vancouver and Toronto.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia: Cantonese