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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cantonese is different from Mandarin, but uses the same characters. Part of the reason DCPS does Mandarin is because it gets supports from the Chinese embassy for Mandarin. All schools in DCPS that teach Chinese, teach Mandarin.[/quote] Cantonese speakers in this country generally use traditional characters, not mainland simplified. Most Cantonese speakers living downtown hit the road for MoCo when their kids reach 2nd or 3rd grade. We meet them at the Cantonese weekend school our kids attend in Rockville. MoCo carefully transitions bilingual kids from Cantonese to Mandarin in public school language classes, which isn't done in DC public schools. [/quote] How many Cantonese speakers are there in DCPS?[/quote] Not sure, but all the downtown chinese families are Cantonese speakers. [/quote]
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