Cantonese Language

Mandarin Chinese has by far the largest number of native speakers in the world, and, after English, it is also the world’s second most widely spoken tongue. For this reason, there is an abundance of study materials to choose from for anyone hoping to learn it.

Cantonese, on the other hand, is not so commonly studied, and consequently, the resources you can turn to are far more limited. For this reason, this FSI Cantonese course is an invaluable source of learning materials for anyone who wants to try it.

It teaches the “prestige” variety of Cantonese that is spoken in the city of Guangzhou (formerly Canton), and it provides a wealth of text and audio for you to use.

This course first appeared in 1970, and it contains enough material for around 400 hours of classroom time, consisting of 30 lessons and accompanied by many hours of authentic audio.