• bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Forgive me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Cantonese and Mandarin basically written with similar characters?

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      6 days ago

      Depends on where you’re from. Hong Kongers speak Cantonese and write in traditional Chinese, not simplified. Simplified is dominant on the mainland due to being standardized in the government-set school curriculum, though you can still find traditional Chinese used for branding and historical uses.