Cantonese

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Cantonese is a major Chinese language variety spoken primarily in Guangdong province, Hong Kong, Macau, and among overseas Chinese communities worldwide.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese language variety
Sinitic language
spoken language
closelyRelatedTo Taishanese
Yuehai dialects
family Sino-Tibetan languages
hasDialect Guangzhou Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese

Hong Kong Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese

Macanese Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese

Taishanese
hasDistinctGrammarFrom Standard Mandarin
linked to: Standard Chinese
hasDistinctVocabularyFrom Standard Mandarin
linked to: Standard Chinese
hasLoanwordsFrom English
Japanese
Portuguese
linked to: Portuguese language
hasOnlinePresence widely used on social media
hasPhonemicTones yes
hasRomanizationStandard Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanization
Jyutping
linked to: Yale Cantonese

Yale Cantonese
historicalAncestor Middle Chinese
isPartOf Yue Chinese
languageCodeISO639-1 zh (macrolanguage)
languageCodeISO639-2 yue
languageCodeISO639-3 yue
lexicalInfluenceOn Hong Kong English
mutualIntelligibilityWith low with Mandarin
numberOfTones 6 to 9 depending on analysis
officialStatus official language of Hong Kong
official language of Macau
phonologicalFeature preservation of entering tones
rich inventory of final consonants
primaryRegion Guangdong province
linked to: Guangdong Province

Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Macau
scriptDirection left-to-right
spokenIn Australia
Canada
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
linked to: Guangxi Province

Guangzhou
Malaysia
Pearl River Delta
Singapore
Southeast Asia
United Kingdom
United States
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam

overseas Chinese communities
standardVarietyCenter Guangzhou
Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China
subfamily Sinitic languages
subgroup Yue Chinese
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Pearl River Delta
usedIn Cantopop
Hong Kong cinema
Hong Kong television
Macau media
usedInCourts language of court proceedings in Hong Kong
usedInEducation medium of instruction in many Hong Kong schools
usedInGovernment working language of Hong Kong government
usesColloquialCharacters yes
writingStandard no single fully standardized written colloquial form
writingSystem Cantonese Pinyin
linked to: Cantonese

Chinese characters
Jyutping romanization
Traditional Chinese characters
Written Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese

Yale romanization

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (120)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East Asia hasMajorLanguage Cantonese
Guangzhou languageUsed Cantonese
Hong Kong majorSpokenLanguage Cantonese
subject linked to: Hong Kong, China
Asian New Zealander language Cantonese
Anna May Wong heritage Taishanese Chinese
linked to: Cantonese
Whisper supportsLanguage Cantonese
Eastern China language Cantonese
subject linked to: eastern China
Cantonese writingSystem Written Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese
Cantonese writingSystem Cantonese Pinyin
linked to: Cantonese
Cantonese hasDialect Guangzhou Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese
Cantonese hasDialect Hong Kong Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese
Cantonese hasDialect Macanese Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese
Lingnan language Cantonese
Lingnan ethnicGroup Cantonese people
linked to: Cantonese
Wikinews hasLanguageEdition Cantonese Wikinews
linked to: Cantonese
Chinese Malaysians language Cantonese
Chinese language hasPart Cantonese
Kowloon language Cantonese
Zhuhai languageUsed Cantonese
Chinatown, San Francisco languageUsed Cantonese
subject linked to: Chinatown
Yang associatedLanguageVariety Cantonese
Tan languageContext Cantonese
Yuehai Subdistrict languageUsed Cantonese
Nanshan District localLanguage Cantonese
Yantian District localLanguage Cantonese
Pingshan District hasLanguage Cantonese
Longhua District languageUsed Cantonese
Asian Portuguese hasInfluenceFrom Cantonese language
linked to: Cantonese
Yale romanization language Cantonese
Yale romanization region Guangdong Cantonese-speaking communities
linked to: Cantonese
Taishanese isDistinctFrom Standard Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese
Middle Chinese ancestorOf Cantonese
Kao transliteratedFrom Cantonese
Yue Chinese hasProminentVariety Cantonese
Yue Chinese hasVariety Standard Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese
Yue Chinese hasVariety Guangzhou Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese
Yue Chinese hasVariety Hong Kong Cantonese
linked to: Cantonese
Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanization basedOn Cantonese phonology
linked to: Cantonese
Humen languageUsed Cantonese
Chinese Surinamese language Cantonese
Sun Wen nativeLanguage Cantonese