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A quick side-by-side comparison of Cantonese vs Mandarin differences in pronunciation. This is part 1 of our Mandarin Cantonese Chinese language comparison series. Watch part 2 of Mandarin versus Cantonese Chinese vocabulary here: Welcome to Cantonese vs Mandarin Differences Part 1: Pronunciation! In this series of Cantonese versus Mandarin Chinese comparisons, we will be doing quick and rapid side-by-side comparisons between Cantonese and Mandarin. This side by side video comparison of Cantonese versus Mandarin pronunciation of common Chinese words will contain romanizations for each language: jyutping for Cantonese and pinyin for Mandarin. A little bit about myself: I am Chinese American who grew up as a heritage speaker of Mandarin Chinese but also spent some time living in Hong Kong and being exposed to the Cantonese language (# CantoMando speaker :)) Thus, while I am not a native speaker of either language, I would say I have the basic grasp of each one: a little bit of Canto and a little bit of Mando. That being said, mistakes will be made, so if you are a native speaker and notice that I say anything wrong please feel to correct me! :) Also, I enjoy making personal videos (language study vlogs and hopefully some Cantonese vlogs in the future) about my own language learning journey and share whatever linguistic and cultural curiosities I may find along the way! Maybe you want to learn Cantonese or learn Mandarin, or maybe you simply had no idea about the variety of different Chinese languages and wanted just to get an idea of what they are. The goal of this video is to give everyone just a sampling of how different Cantonese vs Mandarin sound. In this first episode, we will be looking at Mandarin versus Cantonese pronunciation in a side by side comparison. We won't be going into detail about Chinese initials and finals, nor into Mandarin or Cantonese tones, rather with this video I am simply planning to show language learners (and really anyone else who is curious) the high-level differences between Mandarin and Cantonese. Simply a quick way to let viewers hear for themselves! LingoKev Want more LingoKev Cantonese content? Watch a video of me speaking Cantonese here: Watch all Cantonese vs Mandarin differences videos here: #learncantonese #cantonesepronunciation #cantomando
