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Cantonese - Wikipedia
In mainland China, it is the lingua franca of the province of Guangdong (being the majority language of the Pearl River Delta) and neighbouring areas such as Guangxi. It is also the dominant and co-official language of Hong Kong and Macau.
Cantonese people - Wikipedia
Historically centred around Guangzhou and the surrounding Pearl River Delta, the Cantonese people established the Cantonese language as the dominant one in Hong Kong and Macau during their 19th century migrations within the times of the British and Portuguese colonial eras respectively.
Cantonese language - Omniglot
There are two standard ways of written Cantonese: a formal version and a colloquial version. The formal version is quite different from spoken Cantonese but very similiar to Standard Chinese and can be understood by Mandarin speakers without too much difficulty.
Cantonese language - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...
Cantonese is an East Asian language that comes from Canton, in southern China. People use the word "Cantonese" to refer to the Guangzhou dialect, the Hong Kong dialect, the Xiguan dialect, the Wuzhou dialect, and Tanka dialect of Yue. Linguists prefer to use the name "Cantonese" for only the Yue dialect of Guangzhou (Canton) and Hong Kong.
Cantonese language | Chinese Dialect, Yue Dialect & Guangdong ...
Cantonese language, variety of Chinese spoken by more than 55 million people in Guangdong and southern Guangxi provinces of China, including the important cities of Canton, Hong Kong, and Macau. Throughout the world it is spoken by some 20 million more.
Cantonese | Penn Language Center
Although Cantonese shares much vocabulary with Mandarin Chinese, the two languages are not mutually intelligible largely because of pronunciation and grammatical differences. Sentence structure, in particular the placement of the verb, sometimes differs between the two languages.
About Cantonese
Cantonese (or Yue) is one of the five major Chinese languages. These are often called "dialects", but in actuality their differences are great enough to consider them separate languages.
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