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Cantonese ( traditional Chinese: 廣東話; simplified Chinese: 广东话; Jyutping: gwong2 dung1 waa2; Cantonese Yale: Gwóngdùng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta.
- Hong Kong Cantonese
Hong Kong Cantonese is a dialect of the Cantonese language...
- Yue Chinese
Cantonese-language media (Hong Kong films, television...
- List of English Words of Cantonese Origin
Cantonese 速速: chuk 1 chuk 1: lit. 'hurry', 'urgent'...
- Varieties of Chinese
History. At the end of the 2nd millennium BC, a form of...
- Written Cantonese
Written Cantonese is the most complete written form of a...
- Cantonese language
Cantonese is spoken by people in Southern China, Hong Kong,...
- Cantonese people
The pronunciation and vocabulary of Cantonese has preserved...
- Cantonese phonology
Cantonese uses about 1,760 syllables to cover pronunciations...
- Hong Kong Cantonese
Cantonese, a major Sinitic language originating in Guangzhou, is the lingua franca in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, and Macau. Cantonese has the most well-developed written form of all Chinese languages apart from Mandarin and Classical Chinese.
- Miami, Florida
- Cantonese
- March 25, 2006; 17 years ago
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Cantonese is the de facto official language of Hong Kong, along with English, and the co-official language in Macau, along with Portuguese. It is the main language of education, business, media and government in both places.
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.
