Re: Putong Hua versus Guangdong Hua



<Lproudman@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:12b63325-b6fc-488d-9cba-87d2c404f65c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
So how come Mandarin become the Common Language instead of Cantonese ?

A simple Google search produces an adequate answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Mandarin .
J.

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