Chinatown Face-off: Mandarin vs. Cantonese
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 10.23.09 | 9:59 AM ET
Until recently, Cantonese dominated the conversation in Chinatowns around North America. Now “Mandarin is pushing into Chinatown’s heart,” writes Kirk Semple. He writes:
The change can be heard in the neighborhood’s lively restaurants and solemn church services, in parks, street markets and language schools. It has been accelerated by Chinese-American parents, including many who speak Cantonese at home, as they press their children to learn Mandarin for the advantages it could bring as China’s influence grows in the world.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor of World Hum.
