Yuehai dialects
| Yuehai | |
|---|---|
| 粵海方言 | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Guangdong |
Native speakers | 13 million? (1998)[1] |
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Sino-Tibetan
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| Dialects |
Guangfu
Sanyi
Zhongshan
Guan-Bao
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ISO 639-6 |
(none) |
| Glottolog |
yueh1236[2] |
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The four Yuehai dialects, at right, are marked with a 'Y' | |
Yuehai (粵海方言) is the main branch of Yue Chinese, spoken in Guangdong province, Hong Kong, Macau and oversea Chinese communities. It is commonly called Cantonese, though that name is more precisely applied to the Guangfu dialect of Yuehai.
Dialects
Yuehai is divided into four principal dialects, each of which contains various subdialects. Cantonese is the prestige form.
- Guangfu dialect (Cantonese)
- Guangzhou dialect
- Hong Kong dialect
- Macau dialect
- Xiguan dialect
- Wuzhou dialect
- Tanka dialect
- Nan-Pan-Shun/Sanyi dialect (Samyap)
- Nanhai dialect
- Jiujiang dialect
- Xiqiao dialect
- Panyu dialect
- Shunde dialect
- Zhongshan dialect
- Shiqi dialect
- Sanjiao dialect
- Guan-Bao dialect
- Dongguan dialect
- Bao'an dialect (Waitau)
Guan-Bao is divergent.
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