Why do Hongkongers care so much about Cantonese?

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Artists using written Cantonese to reinterpret traditional Chinese heritage and Hongkongers overseas sharing their linguistic heritage with an overseas diaspora are but two examples of Hong Kong’s attachment with the dialect most commonly spoken in the city. In the first of a two-part series about Cantonese, the Post caught up with a primary school debate team that uses the dialect to sharpen their argument skills.

Note: at 00:48 in this video, the captions incorrectly say Cantonese may have originated a century and a half earlier than the late Qing dynasty. It should have read that the dialect emerged a “millennia and a half earlier”.

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