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Linesofinquiry3research:
linesofinquiry:“AnlnquiryintowhyShanghaineseisnotpopularasCantoneseandwhatcan
makedialectspreadwidely?”
Resarch:
Shanghainese:ShanghaineseisadialectofWuspokenbyabout14millionpeopleinShanghai.
TherearealsomanyShanghainesespeakersinHongKong.Thereisnostandardwrittenformof
Shanghaineseanditrarelyappearsinwriting.Thoughthelanguageistheeverydayspoken
languageofShanghai,itisn'tusedineducationandisonlyoccasionallyheardonlocalradio
stations.TheCommonChineseLanguagemovementwasstartedbyShanghaiintellectualsand
writersduringtheearly20thcenturytocreateacommonvernacularmediumfornational
communication.Ma

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CantoneseisaSiniticlanguagespokenbyabout85millionpeople,mainlysouthernChina,
particularlyintheprovincesofGuangdong,HainanandHunan,andtheGuangxiZhuang
AutonomousRegion,andalsoinHongKong,Macau.In2019therewereabout80million
speakersofCantoneseinChina,including6.6millioninHongKongand507,000inMacau.Other
countrieswithsignficiantnumbersofCantonesespeakersincludetheUSA(1.3million),Malaysia
(1million),Canada(565,000),Vietnam(500,000),Australia(281,000),Singapore(227,000)and
Indonesia(182,000).Therearesmallernumbersofspeakersinquiteafewother
countries.CantoneseataglanceNativenames:广州话