I agree with this friend upstairs. As what I have known. There are 8 tones in Cantonese.

But, Mate.It depends on you. Which one you are interested more??

My suggestion is to learn Mandarin. You know almost all the people in China knows Mandarin Rather than Cantonese.

yes, cantonese is more difficult``i think there are 9 tones...and it's very hard to get rid of your accent too...

9 tones?? :P oh my god lol i am lucky i know cantonese and mandarin :P

Yea as a university course, Cantonese taught in year 3! Im learning it next year, they have the stardard number of tones but doubled up since if you hold the tones for long it makes new tones. I went in one class and the teacher was like... ma ma ma ma ma ma..... Was quite scary haha. Im learning Cantonese this year and looking forward to it though, it sounds cool at least.

Objectively, I don't think Cantonese sounds better than Mandarin, & it should be the other way around.