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3 days ago · Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta, with over 82.4 million native speakers.
2 days ago · Standard Chinese is an official language of both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan), one of the four official languages of Singapore, and one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
3 days ago · Guangzhou. / 23.13000°N 113.26000°E / 23.13000; 113.26000. Guangzhou [a] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of ...
Jun 11, 2024 · What part of China speaks Cantonese? Cantonese is mainly spoken in China’s South Guangdong province. As well as two special administrative regions (SAR): Hong Kong and Macau. In addition, people from Guangdong, where Cantonese is spoken, traveled earlier than other parts of China, spreading Cantonese influence widely. Number of tones
Jun 14, 2024 · Chinese languages - Dialects, Cantonese, Standardization: The most important representative of the Yue languages is Standard Cantonese of Canton, Hong Kong, and Macau.
Jun 8, 2024 · Cantonese, or Yue Chinese, is a diaspora language with over 85 million speakers all over the world (Lai, 2004; García & Fishman, 2011; Yu, 2013; Eberhard et al., 2022 ). 1 It is commonly used in colloquial scenarios (e.g., daily conversation and social media) but also in formal and written contexts, such as in the Legislative Council of the Hong...
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漢語在 以其做為母語的地方 有不同通稱，且有多種 方言变体 ，其中以 北方 汉语为基础的 官話 最為流行，其衍生而來的 現代標準漢語 （有 國語 、 普通話 、 新加坡 标准华语 等變體）是 大中华区 的主要 通用语 。 此外，漢語還是 聯合國正式語文 [9] ，並被 上海合作组织 等國際組織採用為官方語言。 國際上常將“漢語”稱為“中文” ，這是因為大多数语言使用 表音文字 ，對於“文” [10] 與“語” [11] 並不作區分，不符合漢語語法；然而華人使用 语素文字 ，文字 [12] 並不等於語言 [13] [註 1] [原創研究？ ] 。
