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Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in Chinese.

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David Tang
Age: 63 †
Born: 1954
Born: August 2
Died: 2017
Died: August 29
Businessman
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Hong Kong SAR
China
Sir David Wing-cheung Tang
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