Answer to a question on Quora - Is Cantonese a Dying Language? Many other answers to this question show a pity for the decreasing number of Cantonese speakers. But I have an opposite attitude towards Cantonese, perhabs because I'm not born in Cantonese culture. Here is my answer: It’s dying at least in the mainland, because of obligatory Mandarin education. But you have to concede that Mandarin is the most convenient tool to communicate with one of the fifth people on the earth. It’s communication that languages exist for. "Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth. " — Genesis 11:9 Separation by language is a source of misunderstanding, collision, and controversy. Many people have ever had torturing experiences of struggling with non-native languages. If we were all born with the same language, it'd save lots of energy and time, which we could have applied to more important affairs. I'm always behind the belief of one world, one language.