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Yue Chinese
Sign in to saveAlso known as zh-yue, yueh, Yue, Cantonese
primary branch of Chinese spoken in southern China
Yue Chinese is a major variety of Chinese spoken primarily in southern China, particularly in Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. It matters because it represents one of the most widely spoken branches of Chinese and plays an important role in the cultural and linguistic identity of millions of people in southern China and Chinese diaspora communities worldwide.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- varieties of Chinese
- Subclass of
- Sinitic
- Country
- Malaysia
- Image
- Yueyu-vector.svg
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- indigenous to
- Hainan
- topic's main category
- Category:Yue Chinese
- Wikimedia language code
- yue
- native label
- 粤语
- linguistic typology
- tonal language
- replaces
- Middle Chinese
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 62221560
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
Guangdong language Traditional Chinese廣東話 Simplified Chinese广东话
Cantonese YaleGwóngdūng wá
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