Originally Posted By Mr X Interesting...does that mean that TDL actually gets MORE mainland Chinese visitors than Hong Kong residents? Or was it just some kind of arbitrary choice? In China, if there is only one language announced, I assume it's Mandarin? And in Hong Kong, Cantonese? Or is one more "universal than the other? I'm still curious about how very separate these languages are, are there some similariries or similar words? I believe the writting system is quite similar. Oh well, if noone knows, I might do a lil research on it myself out of curiousity.
Originally Posted By SuperDry Don't forget Taiwan, which speaks Mandarin. It would not surprise me if a large number of Mandarin-speaking visitors to TDR are from Taiwan.
Originally Posted By Mr X See, I did not know that. Ya learn something new everyday! Any other places have the Cantonese dialect then?
Originally Posted By SuperDry ^^^ Vancouver? I think Cantonese is pretty much limited to the Canton area of China, with Hong Kong being at the tip. I don't know how far it extends into mainland China, but I would guess that Guangdong Province is mostly Cantonese-speaking (which includes Shenzhen right across the border from HK, and the provincial captial city of Guangzhou). I think that outside of that immediate area, the only people that speak Cantonese are those that immigrated from that area and now live elsewhere.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss The official language of both the PRC and the ROC is Standard Mandarin, which would explain why it was chosen over other dialects.
Originally Posted By gardabble Here's something werid about Chinese. There are 2 standard writings of Chinese (traditional and simplified). Hong Kong and Taiwan stick to traditional chinese writing while mainland china is using simplified style of writing. Taiwan speaks Mandarin writes Traditional. Hong Kong speaks Cantonese writes Traditional. Mainland China speaks Mandarin writes simplified chinese. Over out in Guangdong Province its mainly 50/50 Cantonese/Mandarin speaking but you see 50/50 Traditional/Simplified writing. Elsewhere in mainland China its all simplified writing and mandarin speaking.
Originally Posted By HongKongDisneyLand Cantonese is also spoken in Southern Guangxi Province, part of Hainan Province, Macau as well as in Oversea Chinese Communities in Canada, USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand,Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore.
