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Yue varieties are not totally mutually intelligible with one another. [3] Yue Chinese is the most widely spoken local language in Guangdong. Its native speakers constitute around a half (47%) of its population. The other half is equally divided between Hakka and Min Chinese, mostly Teochew, but also Leizhounese. [24]
Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family.It originated in the city of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta.
"Chinese" is a blanket term covering many different varieties spoken across China. Mandarin Chinese is the most popular dialect, and is used as a lingua franca across China. Linguists classify these varieties as the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Within this broad classification, there are between seven and fourteen dialect ...
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Continuing internal Han Chinese migration during the Han dynasty eventually brought all the Yue coastal peoples under Chinese political control and cultural influence. [71] As the number of Han Chinese migrants intensified following the annexation of Nanyue, the Yue people were gradually absorbed and driven out into poorer land on the hills and ...
A speaker of Siyi Yue, specifically Huicheng dialect, recorded in China.. Siyi (Seiyap or Sze Yup in Cantonese; Chinese: 四邑方言; pinyin: Sìyì fāngyán; Jyutping: sei3 jap1 fong1 jin4 meaning "Four Hamlets") is a coastal branch of Yue Chinese spoken mainly in Guangdong province, but is also used in overseas Chinese communities.
Cantonese people, or Yue people, a Yue-speaking ethnic group of China; Yue (surname), a Chinese surname derived from Mandarin (岳 or 樂) or Cantonese (余) Yue Fei, Song dynasty general; Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer; Yue, a Chinese given name derived from Mandarin (e.g. 悅, 越, 玥, and 月)
Speakers of other Yue Chinese dialects, such as the Taishanese people who speak Taishanese, may or may not be considered Cantonese. The Hakka and Teochew people who also reside in Guangdong are usually differentiated from the Cantonese as they speak non-Yue Chinese languages. Photo of a Cantonese gentleman during the Qing era Map of Liangguang