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Standard Cantonese - Written Cantonese | | Standard Cantonese - Written Cantonese: Encyclopedia II - Standard Cantonese - Written Cantonese | | Cantonese is usually referred to as a spoken dialect, and not as a written dialect. Spoken vernacular Cantonese differs from modern written Chinese, which is essentially formal Standard Mandarin. Written Chinese spoken word for word sounds overly formal and distant in Cantonese. As a result, the necessity of having a written script which matched the spoken verse increased over time. This resulted in the generation of additional Chinese characters to complement the existing characters. Many of these represent phonological sounds not presen ...
See also:Standard Cantonese, Standard Cantonese - Phonology, Standard Cantonese - Initials, Standard Cantonese - Finals, Standard Cantonese - Tones, Standard Cantonese - Current Phonological Shift, Standard Cantonese - Romanization, Standard Cantonese - Written Cantonese, Standard Cantonese - Cultural role, Standard Cantonese - Loanwords, Standard Cantonese - Imported loanwords, Standard Cantonese - Exported loanwords, Standard Cantonese - Cantonese versus Mandarin | | | Standard Cantonese, Standard Cantonese - Cantonese versus Mandarin, Standard Cantonese - Cultural role, Standard Cantonese - Current Phonological Shift, Standard Cantonese - Exported loanwords, Standard Cantonese - Finals, Standard Cantonese - Imported loanwords, Standard Cantonese - Initials, Standard Cantonese - Loanwords, Standard Cantonese - Phonology, Standard Cantonese - Romanization, Standard Cantonese - Tones, Standard Cantonese - Written Cantonese, List of Chinese dialects, Cantonese (linguistics) | | |
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Standard Cantonese - Written Cantonese
Main article: Written Cantonese
Cantonese is usually referred to as a spoken dialect, and not as a written dialect. Spoken vernacular Cantonese differs from modern written Chinese, which is essentially formal Standard Mandarin. Written Chinese spoken word for word sounds overly formal and distant in Cantonese. As a result, the necessity of having a written script which matched the spoken verse increased over time. This resulted in the generation of additional Chinese characters to complement the existing characters. Many of these represent phonological sounds not present in Mandarin. A good source for well documented Cantonese words can be found in drama and opera (dai hay) scripts.
With the advent of the computer and standardization of character sets specifically for Cantonese, many printed materials in predominantly Cantonese spoken areas of the world are written to cater to their population with these written Cantonese characters. As a result, mainstream media such as newspapers and magazines have become progressively less conservative and more colloquial in their dissemination of ideas. Generally speaking, some of the older generation of Cantonese speakers regard this trend as a step "backwards" and away from tradition. This tension between the "old" and "new" is a reflection of a transition that is being undergone by the Cantonese speaking population.
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