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2 days ago · Cantonese is spoken by ethnic Chinese in Portugal who originate from Macau, the most established Chinese community in the nation with a presence dating back to the 16th century and Portuguese colonialism. Since the late-20th century, however, Mandarin- and Wu-speaking migrants from mainland China have outnumbered those from Macau, although ...
- Hong Kong Cantonese
Hong Kong Cantonese is a dialect of the Cantonese language...
- Yue Chinese
Yue languages are spoken in the southern provinces of...
- 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...
- Hong Kong Cantonese
1 day ago · Besides Mandarin, Cantonese is the only other Chinese language that is widely taught as a foreign language, largely due to the economic and cultural influence of Hong Kong and its widespread usage among significant Overseas Chinese communities.
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18 hours ago · Similarly, depending on the region Hokkien is spoken in, loanwords from local languages (Malay, Tagalog, Burmese, among others), as well as other Chinese dialects (such as Southern Chinese dialects like Cantonese and Teochew ), are commonly integrated into the vocabulary of Hokkien dialects.
1 day ago · Spoken in southern Africa, these endangered languages share a distinctive profile, and yet likely did not all come from a single family. Explore where they may have begun and how they work. 6 Niger-Congo: Largest Family in Africa I. The Niger-Congo family consists of anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 different languages.
4 days ago · Some of the major dialects include Wu (spoken in Shanghai and surrounding areas), Cantonese (spoken in Guangdong and Hong Kong), and Min (spoken in Fujian and Taiwan). Also Read: Most Spoken Languages in the USA.
2 days ago · Cantonese is a Sinitic language spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, and the Guangdong region of southern PRC, it is the second most spoken Sinitic language, after Mandarin Chinese (Wiedenhof, 2015).
5 days ago · the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China. synonyms: Cantonese dialect, Yue, Yue dialect. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Cantonese." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/Cantonese. Accessed 10 May. 2024. Copy citation.
