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From :   Shelby LaMonica

Date : 2009-02-22 / 09:40AM

Is the writing system for Mandarin and Cantonese the same?

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 Mariano hotmail.com 
2009-02-22 / 09:58AM

technically you are right…they have the same writing system. However, people who speak mandarin tend to write simplified chinese, and cantonese people write in traditional chinese. simplified chinese resembles traditional chinese but, as it says in the name, simplifies certain words to make it easier to write. traditional chinese has a longer history but is slowly being dropped my many chinese.

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-02-22 / 10:45AM

Perfect, answer. Thank you Mariano.

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 RobertVicencio bennysland.com 
2009-02-23 / 12:02PM

Great answer!!!

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 RobertVicencio bennysland.com 
2009-02-23 / 12:02PM

Great answer!!!

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