How to learn Cantonese, a beautiful and widely used language in the world

This article aims to give you some best tips for you to learn Cantonese, however, as most of people still not have the basic concept about Cantonese, I would like to show the origin and other things about Cantonese first. So, if you just want to find the ways to learn Cantonese, you can immediately come to the second half part of this article to find out what you want. Firstly, I would like to carry out an investigation, let’s take a poll!

Okay, no matter whether you have heard of Cantonese or not, after reading this hub, you will learn something about Cantonese. Cantonese is one of the most beautiful and widely used languages in the world. There are more than 60 million people speak Cantonese in the world, which cover the people who lived in Guangdong province of China, Hong Kong, and Macao. And there are also lots of people who live outside China speak Cantonese.

Cantonese is the second important language in China, and it also has a great history. The original of Cantonese can be trace to 2200 years ago in the Qin Dynasty of China.

In Qin Dynasty, the time when the great wall is being built, the most developed part of China is the central part. The south China is considered as an unenlightened part at that time. And the ancient Cantonese is originated there. As the time went by, the central China began to affect the south China especially when some emperors of central China is defeated by the outsider of the North China, they move their capital to the south. And the action of this surely made a great influence in south China. So the language Cantonese is mingled by the language of the ancient central China. At that time, it was a developing period for Cantonese. In the 1950s, Mandarin began to be promoted to the official language of China by the government and most of province of China began to use Mandarin as their communication language. However, Cantonese is still being used in most of the part of Guangdong province, a province in the southernmost of China. And nowadays, Cantonese is still the mother language of Guangdong province, Hong Kong and Macao. When compared with Mandarin, Cantonese is considered as a language more similar to the ancient Chinese language, so it has a great historical value.

The answer is absolutely true. Cantonese is considered as the second important language in China. And in the whole world, Cantonese is widely in used too. Some researches show that Cantonese is taking the role as the third language in Canada and America and the forth language of Australia. There are more that 60 million people speak Cantonese in the world, and some researches show that there are more than 100 million people know how to speak Cantonese now.

Cantonese also has a great economic status. It is the mother language of some the most developed part in China. Guangzhou, Home Kong, and Macao are all famous places in the whole world of China and all of them speak Cantonese. As China is developing so quickly and has the largest population in the world, if you want to start your own business in China, Cantonese can be a very important language to you. And if you want to make your company in Hong Kong or Guangzhou, Cantonese is necessary to you.

Furthermore, Cantonese has a great historical value which even relate to some of the ancient poetry in China. If you are a person who loves culture and history of China, know more about Cantonese can be helpful for your understanding the culture and history of south China.

In my opinion, the best way to learn Cantonese is coming to Guangzhou which is the place has the most standard accent of Cantonese. Then you can rent a house in Guangzhou, make friends with the native. Also, you can take the role as a student in Guangzhou, which will surely help you to learn Cantonese. Guangzhou is developed and safety city in China and the education in Guangzhouis good too. So there is nothing to worry about living in Guangzhou to learn Cantonese. Of course, you can also go to some other cities in Guangdong province. Hong Kong and Macao can also be a good place to learn Cantonese. But if you are not so familiar with Chinese, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Macao can be the best place for you because most of the people there can speak English. If there is no time for you to come to China to learn Cantonese, you can also learn it from the TV program in Hong Kong. However, finding someone who knows Cantonese to teach you can be necessary because it is hard for one to learn a language only by watching TV. Oh, I almost forget there is an even better way for you to learn Cantonese. Want to know it? Of course! That is to ask me for help, as a Cantonese native speaker, I am sure I am good at it. So if you have any problem about Cantonese, leave a comment to let me know. Hope you enjoy this hub!and if you found this hub is useful, don't forget to:

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To be honest, when compared with all the items which help to learn Cantonese, the best way to learn Cantonese is coming to the Cantonese spoken part of China. However, most of you might have no chance to visit China. So I would like to recommend three best selling products to learn Cantonese to you.

The first thing is a good dictionary. Chinese is really difficult for most of the foreigners to learn. If you are a beginner, a good dictionary is something necessary. Never hesitateto buy one and take it with you all the time. When you find something you want to learn in Cantonese, you should look it up in the dictionary. And, notice, what I am now recommend is a Cantonese dictionary not Chinese dictionary. Generally, If you buy a Chinese dictionary, the accent show in the dictionary will be different. Chinese dictionary means Mandarin dictionary. That's quite different, I have another article to describe the different between the Cantonese and Mandarin, you may take a look at it if Cantonesse and Mandarin is the same thing in your mind.

 You should have some really good textbook to learn Cantonese. A good textbook can certainly give you a help. The following are some best textbook with the best selling in Amazon. I hope you to prepare at least one.

 You should have at least a best DVD with the correct prounounce in it. The following is some good DVD to learn Cantonese I recommend. If you have time, you should keep on watch or listen to it again and again in order to learn the correct accent of Cantonese.