Cantonese facts for kids

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Cantonese might mean:

Cantonese language, a Chinese language
Something related to Guangzhou, a city in China that used to be called Canton in English
Cantonese cuisine, a style of Chinese cuisine from Guangdong province

Images for kids

Chinese dictionary from the Tang dynasty. Modern Cantonese pronunciation preserves almost all terminal consonants (-m, -n, -ng, -p, -t, -k) from Middle Chinese.
Street in Chinatown, San Francisco. Cantonese has traditionally been the dominant Chinese variant among Chinese populations in the Western world.

See also

In Spanish: Cantonés estándar para niños

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