• SuperSleuth@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    Mandarin and Cantonese are essentially two different languages that happen to share the same characters. Someone from Honduras would be able to understand 99.9% of what a Spaniard says. If you only speak Mandarin you wouldn’t be able to understand Cantonese at all.

    • Elaine@lemm.ee
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      2 days ago

      Can confirm, I am learning Mandarin but every time I hear Cantonese I can barely make heads or tails of it.