#76 Cantonese and the uniqueness of Chinese dialects - a podcast by Jared Turner, John Pasden

In this episode, John and Jared respond to a listener question about Cantonese, which leads to a discussion around China’s numerous dialects/languages, which are in fact “topolects.”

Guest interview is with Daniel Pang, who grew up speaking Cantonese at home, became a doctor, then quit his job to learn Chinese.

Links from the episode:

• Varieties of Chinese (Wikipedia)
• "A language is a dialect with an army and navy" (Wikipedia)
• Just Friends? / ??????? (Mandarin Companion graded reader)
• Wu Chinese Wikipedia
• Daniel Pang YouTube channel

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