Our national language is Mandarin, but why is Cantonese the main language in Chinatown abroad?

The national language of China is Mandarin, but why is Cantonese the main language in Chinatown abroad? Mainly due to a series of reasons such as traffic, most of the earliest immigrants to Chinatown were Hong Kong people and Cantonese people, and Cantonese was their main language at that time. Therefore, in Chinatown and even many big cities in North China, Cantonese has always occupied a dominant position in the Chinese community. Before 1979, many Americans always thought that Cantonese spoken in Chinatown was the standard official language. It was not until after the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States that they discovered in their conversations with China diplomats that the Chinese spoken by these China diplomats was different from their local China Street.

China has a profound language and culture. Cantonese is only a local language in China, but it has also occupied Chinatown in the United States for decades. With the rapid development of China's economy, many people emigrate in China, and Cantonese is rapidly being replaced by Mandarin. Because only Mandarin is the official language of China. In New York, many China people who speak Mandarin gather in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and other areas, while in Chinatown, many new immigrants have left their original residential areas and moved near East Broadway. Therefore, only in the old living area of Chinatown, there are more Cantonese speakers, and most other areas are mainly Mandarin.

With the influx of immigrants from Chinese mainland, the influence of Putonghua in the Chinese community has risen rapidly. The survey shows that Putonghua has become the same language that can be accepted by different dialect groups in Chinese society. Although Cantonese is still the main language among the older generation of immigrants, the shopkeepers in Chinatown are very young. They have studied Mandarin since childhood, so now most of Chinatown is dominated by Mandarin. Moreover, there is a new york Chinese School in Chinatown, which has a history of 100 years. Originally, all classes in this school were Cantonese classes, but after investigation this year, it was found that the number of Putonghua classes was three times that of Cantonese classes.

Many Chinese of the older generation began to understand Mandarin, but Mandarin has become an irresistible trend in Chinatown, so they have been learning and adapting, and achieved good results.