In the past few years, however, the Cantonese dialect that has dominated Chinatown for decades is being rapidly swept aside by Mandarin, the national language of China and the lingua franca of most of the latest Chinese immigrants [REF].
After 9/11, approximately 23% of these residents have relocated to the surrounding communities of the Mohegan Sun casinos, mainly in Norwich, Connecticut, and creating a new Chinatown there.