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The History of Learning Cantonese as a Foreign Language
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One of the earliest attempts to romanize Cantonese was actually developed by a British missionary, Robert Morrison. In 1828, Morrison used his system in the first Cantonese dictionary ever developed, Vocabulary of the Canton Dialect.
Over the last 200 years, missionaries, linguists and language teachers have developed several romanization systems to help foreigners learn Cantonese.