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Let's CantoTalk

Cantonese is the second-most spoken Chinese language with a history spanning 2,000 years. Yet far from being old-fashioned, it is one of the most free-wheeling and fun languages there is to speak! Use this list to explore language-learning materials to accompany Oakland Public Library's "Let's CantoTalk" program.

Oakland Public Library

48 items

  • Periplus Pocket Cantonese Dictionary

    Cantonese-English, English-Cantonese

    Lam, Martha,
    Handy-dandy pocket-sized dictionary.
    BookSingapore : Periplus, [2019] — 495.1703 LAM
  • For beginner to intermediate level, free audio via online library.teachyourself.com or Teach Yourself Library app.
    BookLondon Teach Yourself, 2015. — 495.1 BAKER
  • ebook also available via Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12060732
    BookTokyo : Tuttle Publishing, [2017] — 495.17 TANG
  • For beginners, free audio via online library.teachyourself.com or Teach Yourself Library app.
    BookLondon : Hodder & Stoughton, [2014] — 495.1 LAM
  • Pronunciator is a fun and easy way to learn any of 163 languages with courses designed just for you! Register for free and start learning — at your own pace.
    Web resource
  • Book[Footscray, Victoria] : Lonely Planet Publications, 2013. — 495.17 CANTONESE 2013
  • Cantonese for Kids - Lesson 1

    Cantonese for Kids - Season 1, Episode 1

    Streaming VideoDino Lingo, 2017
  • 粤菜八十式

    Cantonese Cuisine

    羅有昌
    bilingual cookbook
    BookXianggang : Hai bin tu shu gong si, 2010. — CHI 641.5951 LUO
  • Cantonese Love Songs

    An English Translation of Jiu Ji-yung's Cantonese Songs of the Early 19th Century

    Zhao, Ziyong, ju ren 1816
    BookHong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c1992. — 895.11 CHAO
  • Songs of Gold Mountain

    Cantonese Rhymes From San Francisco Chinatown

    BookBerkeley : University of California Press, c1987. — 895.11508 SONGS
  • The Right Word in Cantonese

    Guangzhou Hua Zhi Nan = Gwóngjauwá Jinaahm

    Kwan, Choi Wah,
    "A quick reference to Cantonese, including words and expressions for everyday use in Hong Kong and Canton in English, Chinese, and romanization."
    BookHong Kong : Commercial Press, 1989. — 495.17 KWAN
  • Learn to Speak Cantonese I

    A Beginner's Guide to Mastering Conversational Cantonese

    Jade Jia Ying Wu
    Physical copy also available: https://oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S183C3124026
    eAudiobookFindaway Voices, 2020
  • Chinese (Cantonese)

    complete course 1. Beginners/Part B

    Book with cd
    KitPrince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2001] — KIT 495.1 CHINESE 1:B
  • Book and cd
    KitNew York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2005. — CD 495.17 CONVERSAT
  • book with cd
    Book plus CDHong Kong : Commercial Press, [2002] — KIT 495.17 SCOTT