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Why Some People Think Cantonese Is More Authentic Than Mandarin
zhōng guó中国yǒu有hěn很duō zhǒng多种yǔ yán语言hé和fāng yán方言 ，bù不zhǐ yǒu只有pǔ tōng huà普通话 。
China has many languages and dialects, not just Mandarin.
1912nián年yǐ hòu以后 ，pǔ tōng huà普通话chéng wéi成为zhōng guó中国de的guān fāng yǔ yán官方语言 。
After 1912, Mandarin became the official language of China.
hěn很duō多guǎng dōng rén广东人jué de觉得yuè yǔ粤语bǐ比pǔ tōng huà普通话gèng更zhèng zōng正宗 ，yīn wèi因为hěn很duō多zhōng guó中国gé mìng jiā革命家dōu都lái zì来自guǎng dōng广东 ，bǐ rú比如sūn zhōng shān孙中山 。
Many people in Guangdong feel that Cantonese is more authentic than Mandarin because many Chinese revolutionaries came from Guangdong, such as Sun Yat-sen.
yuè yǔ粤语zài在lì shǐ历史shàng上yě也yǒu有hěn很zhǎng长de的shí jiān时间bèi被shǐ yòng使用 ，yǒu rén有人shuō说yuè yǔ粤语hé和gǔ dài古代de的táng cháo唐朝hàn yǔ汉语hěn很xiàng像 。
Cantonese has also been used for a long time in history; some say Cantonese is very similar to the ancient Chinese spoken during the Tang Dynasty.
hěn很duō多gǔ shī古诗yòng用yuè yǔ粤语dú读qǐ lái起来gèng更yā yùn押韵 。
Many ancient poems sound more rhymed when read in Cantonese.
hòu lái后来 ，zhèng fǔ政府yāo qiú要求xué xiào学校hé和gōng zuò工作chǎng suǒ场所duō yòng多用pǔ tōng huà普通话 ，hěn很duō多dì fāng地方de的yuè yǔ粤语shǐ yòng使用biàn变shǎo少le了 。
Later, the government required schools and workplaces to use more Mandarin, so the use of Cantonese decreased in many places.
zài在xiāng gǎng香港 ，hěn很duō多xué xiào学校yě也kāi shǐ开始yòng用pǔ tōng huà普通话jiào教zhōng wén中文 ，dàn但yǒu xiē有些rén人jué de觉得zhè yàng这样huì会ràng让yuè yǔ粤语màn màn慢慢xiāo shī消失 。
In Hong Kong, many schools also started teaching Chinese in Mandarin, but some people feel this will cause Cantonese to slowly disappear.
xiàn zài现在 ，pǔ tōng huà普通话zài在zhōng guó中国hé和xiāng gǎng香港yuè lái yuè越来越zhòng yào重要 ，dàn但hěn很duō多rén人hái shì还是hěn很xǐ huān喜欢zì jǐ自己de的fāng yán方言 。
Now, Mandarin is becoming more important in China and Hong Kong, but many people still love their own dialects.