Cantonese

Summary

Cantonese is a natural language^[1]. Cantonese ranks in the top 3% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,008 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cantonese is in the country of Brunei^[3].
• Cantonese is in the country of People's Republic of China^[4].
• Cantonese is in the country of Malaysia^[5].
• Cantonese's instance of is recorded as natural language^[6].
• Cantonese's instance of is recorded as modern language^[7].
• Cantonese is a type of Yuehai Yue^[8].
• Cantonese is a type of varieties of Chinese^[9].
• Cantonese's writing system is recorded as written Cantonese^[10].
• Cantonese's writing system is recorded as Cantonese Braille^[11].
• Cantonese's writing system is recorded as Chinese characters^[12].
• Cantonese's Commons category is recorded as Cantonese language^[13].
• Cantonese's Wikimedia language code is recorded as zh-yue^[14].
• Cantonese's Wikimedia language code is recorded as yue^[15].
• Cantonese's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cantonese language^[16].
• Cantonese's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+72893210'}^[17].
• Cantonese's topic has template is recorded as Template:Yue Chinese^[18].
• Cantonese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'yue', 'text': '粵語'}^[19].
• Cantonese's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'yue', 'text': '粵文'}^[20].
• Cantonese's indigenous to is recorded as Guangxi^[21].
• Cantonese's indigenous to is recorded as Guangdong^[22].
• Cantonese's indigenous to is recorded as Hainan^[23].
• Cantonese's indigenous to is recorded as Hunan^[24].
• Cantonese's indigenous to is recorded as Hong Kong^[25].
• Cantonese's indigenous to is recorded as Macau^[26].
• Cantonese's dialect of is recorded as Yue Chinese^[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[6] and modern language^[7]. Recorded subclass of include Yuehai Yue^[8] and varieties of Chinese^[9].

Why It Matters

Cantonese ranks in the top 3% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,008 views/month).^[2] Cantonese has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Cantonese is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Cantonese has been cited as an influence by Singlish^[30], a creole^[31], in Singapore^[32].

FAQs

Who did Cantonese influence?

Cantonese has been cited as an influence by Singlish^[30].