They barely even share that. The word for &quot;not&quot; in Mandarin is 不是, but in Cantonese it&#x27;s 唔係. &quot;Book&quot; is 书 in Mandarin, but 冊 in Hokkien.<p>There are enough differences between the various &quot;dialects&quot; in both the spoken and written form, that there&#x27;s a debate as to whether they should be considered &quot;dialects&quot; at all, or a separate language altogether.