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The History of Learning Cantonese as a Foreign Language
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
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Over the last 200 years, missionaries, linguists and language teachers have developed several romanization systems to help foreigners learn Cantonese.