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To: tejek who wrote (246568)	8/19/2005 3:43:39 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571206

Hi Ted, Cantonese is spoken in Hong Kong which is now inside China, it is a bit more forceful of a language compared to Mandarin which is a softer language spoken inside Taiwan (sorry, I tend to still consider Taiwan as "outside of China".) China has indeed standardized on Mandarin, but probably less than half of the population speaks Mandarin. Most speak a dialect. One of the dialects in Shanghai has only a third lexical similarity with Mandarin, which is like saying English is the same as German. Mandarin is a beautiful sounding language and it is easier for me to say and understand words in Mandarin than Cantonese. It is suppose to be harder than Cantonese, due to the tonality, but I think it's easier if you are very sensitive to sounds, somehow that makes it easier I believe because the words aren't said with a guttural hard-stop that releases a loud sound that sort of interrupts the flow so you almost can't hear what is said (this was probably the sound you were talking about.) Regards, Amy J