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Yue | ||||
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Cantonese 粵語/粤语 廣東話/广东话 | ||||
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 | ||||
Dialects | Guangfu (incl. Cantonese) | |||
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.