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I went to an interesting talk the other night, on "Half-and-half languages of China" - specifically, on interactions (both historical and contemporary) between Chinese languages and English (although a few other bits got thrown in as well).

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This was in today's Jump Start.

Could I get a translation and a Romanization of the Chinese text please?

Several years ago this particular cartoonist, Robb Armstrong, used Romanized Cantonese, which I later found he lifted from Teach Yourself Cantonese. So I'm curious as to where he got this text from and whether or not it has anything to do ( Read more... )

I prepare performing editions of obscure baroque music; and believe it or not-- one of the biggest growth markets (for classical music) is China ( Read more... )

I've just joined this community fairly recently, and through it I've learned so much already.. we're so fortunate to have such a great resource at our fingertips ( Read more... )

Hey everyone,

I'm doing a research project on the extinct Chinese Pidgin English, and I wanted to compare some of the data I have with more standard Cantonese. Does anyone have links that explain basic Cantonese phonology? I'm mostly looking for info about syllable structure constraints - what sounds/clusters can be in the onset and coda, and a ( Read more... )

The relationship between Mandarin and Cantonese is often discussed and debated, on this community and elsewhere. Some claim the two are so distinct and mutually unintelligible as to be separate languages; others consider them to be two dialects of one Chinese language. So what's the deal? How similar are Mandarin and Chinese, and what are their ( Read more... )

I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me out. A camp counselor from Hong Kong recently taught me a song that is traditionally sung at bedtime to children. She said it is about a girl receiving a musical instrument (she didn't know the English word for it) and liking it very much. It was a slow song and only about 4 lines long (though ( Read more... )