Cantonese
variety of Yue Chinese spoken in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau
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Summary
Cantonese is a natural language[1]. Cantonese ranks in the top 3% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,815 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Brunei[3], People's Republic of China[4], Malaysia[5]
- Instance of: modern language[6], varieties of Chinese[7]
- Subclass of: Yuehai Yue[8]
- Writing system: written Cantonese[9], Cantonese Braille[10], Chinese characters[11]
- Commons category: Cantonese language[12]
- Wikimedia language code: zh-yue[13], yue[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cantonese language[15]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 72,893,210[16]
- Topic has template: Template:Yue Chinese[17]
- Native label: 粵語[18], 粵文[19]
- Indigenous to: Guangxi[20], Guangdong[21], Hainan[22], Hunan[23], Hong Kong[24], Macau[25]
- Dialect of: Yue Chinese[26]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Cantonese-language films[27]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Obelepédia[28]
- Related category: Category:Cantonese pronunciation[29]
- Social media followers: 23,888[30]
- P14541: 2nxzh2[31]
Why It Matters
Cantonese has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Cantonese is known by 105 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Cantonese has been cited as an influence by Singlish[34], a creole[35], in Singapore[36].
FAQs
Who did Cantonese influence?
Cantonese has been cited as an influence by Singlish[34].