Quote: (03-29-2013 02:37 AM)RioNomad Wrote:
Thanks for the info, Suits. However, what you say about Mandarin in GZ and SZ is contradictory to the first hand accounts of people I know who live there. It's my understanding that even though it is in the south, both are very new cities, so the majority of residents are immigrants from other parts of China. This means they are native Mandarin speakers, not Cantonese. Also, Mandarin is the language of business in China, so the manufacturers and businessmen in SZ and GZ would also speak Mandarin.
Have you lived in either city, or is it just becuse it's in the south that you assume this would be the case?
even northerners can have their own dialects, as do many easterners.