I speak Mandarin; I'm a professor, he said. Kindergarten, primary school, middle school, high school, college: the language of education is Mandarin. Cantonese is a regional language.. Cantonese has a greater range of tones than Mandarin, as well as a choppier sound to an untutored Western ear.
Quick Answer. Prince Charles, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, was born with the full name Charles Philip Arthur George, giving him a last name of George.. As part of the royal family of the British Empire, Prince Charles also belongs to the House of Windsor. Continue Reading.
Charles is a masculine given name from the French form Charles of a Germanic name Karl. The original Anglo-Saxon was Äearl or Äeorl, as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The corresponding Old Norse form is Karl, and the German form is also Karl. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne, and was at the time Latinized as Karolus, later also as Carolus.