i need to do one for university but whats the difference?
2007-06-13 06:29:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
Cantonese is a dialect within the Chinese Language. The Chinese Language is a broad term for many different dialect orginating from China. Japanese is the language originating from the island/country of Japan. Some people say that the Japanese language originated from the Chinese language several thousand years ago.
There are actually over 15 dialects of Chinese spoken in China, but Mandarin is the most widely spoken throughout. Cantonese is usually what filmmakers use in Hong Kong.
2007-06-13 06:33:53 · answer #1 · answered by Heart of Fire 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first of all that's Cantonese and eastern. Cantonese is a dialect of chinese language regularly spoken in Hong Kong and surrounding areas. The first rate language of China is Mandarin meaning there is a great number of distinction in terms of sentence structures, words and so on. yet many stuff are user-friendly so they could be as diverse to a minimum of one yet another as e.g. Hindi and Gujarati in India. eastern is an altogether diverse language while Cantonese follows the classic chinese language character and Mandarin, user-friendly chinese language alphabet (observed as Kanzi character), eastern follows that's very own character set. additionally, very few words are user-friendly between eastern and chinese language languages. you may say the diversities are as obtrusive as e.g. Punjabi and Tamil.
2016-10-09 03:18:33 · answer #2 · answered by tuberman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cantonese is a regional people in part of China. It is also one of the languages spoken in China, the other prevalent one being Mandarin. Cantonese people live on the coast and in Hong Kong. Chinese people are the ones who are more centrally located in China, such as the capital city of Beijing. And Japanese people, of course, are from Japan, which (I hope you already know this) is a whole different Asian country. Japanese people and Chinese people may initially look a little similar to people who don't know their backgrounds, but their cultures are actually quite different. Their food, traditional style of dress, folklore, etc. is all different. Comparing Chinese people to Japanese people is like comparing Americans to the French- yes, we may initially look somewhat similar, but we have totally different languages, culture, and food.
2007-06-13 06:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uh... Let me get out the chart here, sweetie...
Chinese people... *taps with ruler* are from China, right here. Japan... *taps* is right above, right here. THAT'S where Japanese people are from. And Canton... *taps again* is a part of China. So Cantonese people are a Chinese ETHNIC group. *Spins chart* Of course, many Chinese, Japanese, and Cantonese people were born in AMERICA. *Taps* So they are Chinese-American, Japanese-American, and Cantonese- or Chinese-American.
They also happen to have different cultures and languages.
2007-06-13 06:37:24 · answer #4 · answered by glachtrup@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinese is the language spoken in China, there are two different Chinese Language dialelects: Mandarin ( most useful and well used in China and globally ) and Cantonese
Japanese is the language spoken in Japan.
Go with Chinese and Mandarin in particular, should be listed in your course catalogue as just Chinese judging by what you have said.
2007-06-13 06:35:32 · answer #5 · answered by Foolintherain 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
canto, chi, and japa
thats the difference. (only kidding)
Well Chinese is from China.
Japanese is from Japan.
Cantonese is from.. ??
2007-06-13 06:35:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
they have different cultures
2007-06-13 06:33:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋