Hundreds of people have staged a protest in Hong Kong against what they claim is a bid to replace the widely-used Cantonese with Mandarin, China's national language.<br /><br />Protesters say protecting the dialect is crucial to the survival of Cantonese culture.<br /><br />Cantonese is one of 14 Chinese dialects and the third most popular with over 70 million speakers. Other dialects include Wu, Min and Hakka.<br /><br />Cantonese is used officially in Hong Kong and Macau, alongside Mandarin, which has 1.3 billion speakers.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports. (Aug 02, 2010)
