Speak now. What's new. A guide to Cantonese opera. Photo Credit: Sam Chan. Three popular Cantonese Operas. Dream of the Red Chamber The operatic adaptation of the classic Chinese novel, which charts the love story between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyuof and provides keen observations of mid th -century life continues to enthral audiences some years since the book was first published.
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In Australia, over 90 per cent of the print publications are in Traditional Chinese with Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking readership. The misunderstanding arises because the majority of Cantonese speakers are assumed to come from Hong Kong and they use traditional Chinese characters. Fact : Cantonese and Mandarin are spoken forms of Chinese, traditional or simplified Chinese are written forms. English is the most spoken language in the home for Indian-born Australians 28 per cent closely followed by Hindi 26 per cent and Punjabi 25 per cent and Malayalam 9 per cent.
According to the last Australian Census , 5,, Australians were born overseas, making up 25 per cent of the Australian population. In more recent times, "business migration" from Hong Kong has been common, although Australia has been sadly!
The census revealed Cantonese to be the fourth largest language spoken at home after English, Italian and Greek with a total of , speakers recorded. Included in this number are the 70, Hong Kong-born Australians.
Many of these overseas Chinese also, of course, can use Cantonese. This is a work in progress, so if you have any suggestions, corrections or advice, please contact me or post in the Discussion Forum.
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