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        • Explaining How Tamil Script and Grammar Works
        • Tamil Transliteration
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  • General Tips
    • A quick introduction to Language Learning
    • General Tips for Learning Languages
    • Language Learning Resources Applicable To Many Languages
    • Tips for Learning Indian Languages
    • How do I Learn Vocabulary?
    • How do I start learning a language?
    • What is a Heritage Language and How can I Improve?
  • Answers to Questions
    • “I’m not sure I can learn a language by myself…”
    • “I’m not quite convinced I should learn a second language”
    • “I read so slowly in another language, it’s demoralising”
    • “My motivation to do a language learning activity everyday is quite low”
  • Nemo’s Blog
  • About Singlanguages
  • Languages
    • Singlish
    • Austroasiatic Languages
      • Vietnamese
    • Austronesian Languages
      • Baba Malay
      • Malay
      • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Chinese
      • Cantonese
      • Hakka
      • Hokkien
      • Teochew
      • Mandarin Chinese
      • Classical Chinese
    • Languages from South Asia
      • Bengali (Bangla)
      • Malayalam
      • Punjabi
      • Telugu
      • Tamil
        • Explaining How Tamil Script and Grammar Works
        • Tamil Transliteration
      • Hindi
      • Urdu
      • Sanskrit
  • General Tips
    • A quick introduction to Language Learning
    • General Tips for Learning Languages
    • Language Learning Resources Applicable To Many Languages
    • Tips for Learning Indian Languages
    • How do I Learn Vocabulary?
    • How do I start learning a language?
    • What is a Heritage Language and How can I Improve?
  • Answers to Questions
    • “I’m not sure I can learn a language by myself…”
    • “I’m not quite convinced I should learn a second language”
    • “I read so slowly in another language, it’s demoralising”
    • “My motivation to do a language learning activity everyday is quite low”
  • Nemo’s Blog

Cantonese

Books

Guides

  • Cantonese as a Second Language: Issues, Experiences and Suggestions for Teaching and Learning

Speaking and Listening (Conversational)

  • Complete Cantonese: Beginner to Intermediate Course. Comes with great reviews.
  • Colloquial Cantonese: The Complete Course for Beginners, with audio available here for free.
  • Learn to Speak Cantonese I: A Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Conversational Cantonese
  • Learn to Speak Cantonese 2: An Upper Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Conversational Cantonese
  • For Heritage speakers: The ABCs of Cantonese: Beginner’s to Intermediate Chinese for Heritage Speakers

Grammar

  • Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar

For Children

  • Daily Vocabulary Cantonese-English
  • Dim Sum, Please!: A Bilingual English & Cantonese Children’s Book

Websites

  • My Father Tongue, this seems to have been last updated in 2020, but there’s still some material on learning dialect in Singapore. They also focus on Hokkien, Hakka, and Teochew

Recent Posts

  • Language Coaching, Chinese Characters
  • Getting to Know Individual Words: A Reflection
  • The Way Forward With Heritage Languages
  • About Vocabulary Learning
  • My Tamil as a mirror to my Mandarin Chinese

Recent Comments

  1. Language Coaching, Chinese Characters – Singlanguages on Suddenly feeling very comfortable with Tamil Songs
  2. Learning Malay in addition to Tamil – Singlanguages on Suddenly feeling very comfortable with Tamil Songs

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