10 Interesting Facts about Cantonese

10. Cantonese retains many aspects of Ancient Chinese

Unlike most other varieties of Chinese, Cantonese still has quite a few of the linguistic quirks that originated from Ancient Chinese. For example, the final consonant sounds that were popular in the old language are still found in most dialects of Cantonese. It also has far fewer consonant sounds at the beginnings of words than other varieties of modern Chinese.