Yue
Cantonese 粵語/粤语 廣東話/广东话
Yuht Yúh/Jyut6 jyu5 (Yue) written in traditional Chinese (left) and simplified Chinese (right) characters
Native to	China, Vietnam, Malaysia
Region	Pearl River Delta (Central Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau); Eastern-Southern Guangxi
Ethnicity	Han Chinese
Native speakers	73.4 million  (2020)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Yue
Dialects	Guangfu (incl. Cantonese) Siyi (incl. Taishan) Gao–Yang Yong–Xun Gou–Lou Qin–Lian Wu–Hua
Writing system	Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese (Written Cantonese) Cantonese Braille
Official status
Official language in	Hong Kong and Macau (de facto, though officially referred to as "Chinese"; Cantonese and occasionally Mandarin are used in government). Recognised regional language in Suriname.
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yue
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Cantonese is an East Asian language which comes from Canton, southern China. People use the word 'Cantonese' to refer to the Guangzhou dialect, Hong Kong dialect, Xiguan dialect, Wuzhou dialect and Tanka dialect of Yue. Linguists prefer to keep the name 'Cantonese' for the Yue dialect of Guangzhou (Canton) and Hong Kong. Using this classification, Cantonese is the prestige dialect of Yue.