It's no surprise that Putonghua has quickly become a very important language in the modern world. Because of this, there is a strong possibility that Cantonese will eventually be a "dead" language.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Zhang Haang-yui briefly lived in Shenzhen during primary school, which he considered pivotal for learning Putonghua and Cantonese. Haang-yui, now a University of Hong ...

Cantonese and Mandarin, also called Putonghua, are distinct from each other. Many people think Chinese is just a single language, says Zoe Lam, a lecturer of Cantonese language at the University ...