| Spoken by: | ~ 71 million |
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| Spoken in: | People's Republic of China |
| Language family: | Sinitic |
Cantonese, one of several major languages in China, is mainly spoken in Hong Kong, Guangdong, the Guangxi provinces, and in most overseas Chinese communities in Australia, Europe, and North America.
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Common difficulties Edit
The Foreign Service Institute has classified Cantonese as a "Super-Hard" language. It is estimated that learning Cantonese to a Professional Working Proficiency in the language (a score of Speaking-3/Reading-3 on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale) will take an average of 88 weeks (2200 class hours).[1]
Resources Edit
There is an Foreign Service Institute course for Cantonese.
Pimsleur offers courses in Cantonese Chinese.
References Edit
- ↑ U.S. Department of State; FSI's Experience with Language Learning; https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/sls/c78549.htm
