You wouldn't know that Cantonese is under threat, judging from the food court of the Parker Place shopping mall in Richmond, B.C., the most ethnically Chinese city in the world outside Asia.
All around, tables of diners young and old meet to"chui sui" — literally, to"blow water," or gossip — in the language that originated in southern China and Hong Kong.
The concerns come after the shutdown of an online group promoting Cantonese in late August, after authorities in Hong Kong said content on the website violated the city's national security laws. "I think these will be major hubs of overseas Cantonese communities," she said of cities including Vancouver and Toronto."That's why our language program also wants to play the role of the education hub of Cantonese in North America."
The census also showed about 183,000 people in Vancouver's census area claimed Cantonese as their mother tongue in 2021, up by about 38 per cent from 133,000 in 2011. He said he has heard Cantonese being used more frequently over the past two years. Chen said it makes him “feel at home.” Wong is the director of Familogue, a new non-profit launched by parents who recently emigrated from Hong Kong and want to ensure their children retain Cantonese language and culture.
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