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Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect, 3 Parts. By R. Morrison. 1827.
The Beginner's First Book in Chinese. (canton Vernacular). 1847.
A Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect. By E. C. Bridgman. 1841.
Easy Lessons in Chinese, specially adapted to the Canton Dialect. By S. W. Williams, 1842.
A Vocabulary with Colloquial Phrases of the Canton Dialect. By S. W. Bonney, 1854.
The first two are out of print; the next two contain also some directions and exercises for learning the general language, the sounds alone being in this dialect.
Chinese lexicographers have done much to elucidate their own language, and we may regard the common dictionary of Kanghi.
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