canto

CEFRC2

/ˈkæntəʊ/

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The poet read the third canto of his epic poem aloud.
In reaction to when the Chinese girls would speak Canto or Mando around us, we created a language – we came up with a language.
I think most people born here can’t speak it, but they understand it. It’s so strange that my Chinese friends can speak Canto, and my Japanese friends can speak their language, but it doesn’t work that way for us here

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I think most people born here can’t speak it, but they understand it. It’s so strange that my Chinese friends can speak Canto, and my Japanese friends can speak their language, but it doesn’t work that way for us here
2016, Emilie Santos Tumale, quoting “James”, Challenging the Stigmas: A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Filipino American Community College Students, University of California Los...
In reaction to when the Chinese girls would speak Canto or Mando around us, we created a language – we came up with a language.
2019, Christina Ho, quoting Blaise, “Angry Anglos and aspirational Asians: everyday multiculturalism in the selective school system in Sydney”, in Discourse: Studies in the Cultur...

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From Italian canto (“song”). Doublet of chant.