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Why is China trying to ban Cantonese language.
Southern Chinese oppose ban on Cantonese TV
Anger Over Anti-Cantonese Moves in China
Cantonese language is not banned, their tv broadcasts got replaced by Mandarin, for the same reason France marginalized and drove Occitan language to near extinction.
Occitan language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Occitan Language
Occitan and French are both Romance languages descended from Latin, but although Occitan is even closer to Latin than French, but France decided to make French the official language since its spoken around the capital of Paris.
Occitan is closer to latin so it was called Langue d'oc while French was influenced by Germanic languages so it was called "Langues d'oïl"
Cantonese is closer phonetically and grammatically to ancient Chinese (middle Chinese) than Mandarin, but Mandarin was chosen as the official language since it is spoken around the capital. Both Cantonese and Mandarin are Sinitic (Chinese) languages and are descended from Middle Chinese and Old Chinese.
Early Child Cantonese: Facts and Implications - Shek Tse, Hui Li - Google Books
The Chinese Language: Its History and Current Usage - Google Books
China - Michael Cannings - Google Books
It explicitly says here Cantonese is the closest to ancient Chinese and that Cantonese are descended from Chinese migration from northern China.
Food in China: A Cultural and Historical Inquiry - Frederick J. Simoons - Google Books
Nice article! How about people from Henan Province? It's my hometown. Belong to中原官话区东部父系?
Yes, Henan looks like its on the eastern part of the plains, the western part is Shaanxi and Gansu.
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