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CANTONESE LANGUAGE PRODUCTS
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Cantonese Phrasebase Forum Discussion
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Cantonese Phrasebase Forum Topics
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Extinct: no
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Family: Sino-Tibetan
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Branch: Sinitic
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Continent: Asia
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Country: China
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Region: Spoken in Guangdong (except for the Hakka speaking areas especially in the northeast, the Min Nan speaking areas of the east, at points along the coast as well as Hainan Island), Macau, and in the southern part of Guangxi. Also possibly in Laos. Also spoken in Australia, Brunei, Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, Indonesia (Java and Bali), Malaysia (Peninsular), Mauritius, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, Viet Nam.
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Countries Where Spoken: China, Hong Kong, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Panama, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
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Countries Where Official: China
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Native Speakers: 52,000,000
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Speakers Total: 54,810,598
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Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 362
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Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 362
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Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 1,438
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Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 1,728
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Three Letter Code: YUE
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Alternative Names: Yuet Yue, Gwong Dung Waa, Cantonese, Yue, Yueh, Yueyu, Baihua
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Dialects: None, Xiamen (amoy), Leizhou (lei Hua, Li Hua), Chao-shan (choushan), Hainan (hainanese, Qiongwen Hua, Wenchang), Longdu, Zhenan Min, Fuzhou (fuchow, Foochow, Guxhou)., Yuehai (guangfu, Hong Kong Cantonese, Macau Cantonese, Shatou, Shiqi, Wancheng), Siyi (seiyap, Taishan, Toisan, Hoisan, Schleiyip), Gaolei (gaoyang), Qinlian, Guinan. The Guangzhou Variety Is Considered The Standard. Subdialects Of Yuehai Are Xiangshan, Spoken Around Zhongshan And Shuhai, And Wanbao Around Dong Guan City And Bao'an County.,
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Summary: Part of the Han nationality. Outside of mainland China, many Cantonese-specific characters are used in the writing system. SVO; prepositions; genitives, relatives after noun heads; articles, adjectives, numerals before noun heads; word order mainly distinguishes subjects, objectives, indirect objects; passives usually indicated by adding a word in front of the verb; tonal. Chinese script in Viet Nam. TV. Grammar. Bible: 1894–1981.
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Note:
Phrasebase uses a variety of sources when compiling the facts and information presented above. This information is continually updated throughout the year.
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