How Similar Are Mandarin and Cantonese?

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In this video I compare Mandarin and Cantonese!
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Special thanks to Bing Chao for her Mandarin audio samples, YingYan Ye for his Cantonese samples, and Willow Groundwater for her help with research and writing for this video.

Credits for this video:
Paul Jorgensen: Producer, host, video editor and co-writer
Willow Groundwater: Writer
Bing Chao: Mandarin audio samples
YingYan Ye: Cantonese audio samples

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Music
Intro: “The Last Day” by Silent Partner.
Main: “Electro Sketch” by Kevin McLeod, under Creative Commons license from Incompetech.com.
Outro: “Cliff Side” by Silent Partner.