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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Cantonese, Languages of China, Yue Chinese, Cantonese language
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Yue  Yue dialect  Cantonese  Cantonese dialect  Yue Chinese
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The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China WordNet 3.0
English:
language
linguistics
Cantonese
dialect
Definitions
Relations
Sources
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The dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Cantonese is a language within the Chinese branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou and its surrounding Pearl River Delta. Wikipedia
Yue is a branch of the Sinitic languages primarily spoken in Southern China, particularly in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. Wikipedia
Language originating in Canton, Guangdong. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Variety of Yue Chinese spoken in Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau Wikidata
Primary branch of Chinese spoken in southern China Wikidata
One of the major dialect groups or languages of the Chinese language or language family, mainly spoken in parts of southern Mainland China. OmegaWiki
A Chinese language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of Mainland China. OmegaWiki
A Sinitic language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of Mainland China, Guangdong (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia and by many overseas Chinese worldwide. Wiktionary
Language. Wiktionary (translation)
People who speak Yue, such as the Cantonese and Taishanese. Wiktionary
IS A
Chinese
dialect
language
tone
modern language
+2 relations
HAS PART
Cantonese slang
PART OF
Chinese
HAS KIND
Siyi dialect
Yong-Xun Yue
Qin-Lian Yue
Yuehai dialects
Luo-Guang Yue
+5 relations
COUNTRY
Brunei
China
Malaysia
DIALECT OF
Yue
INDIGENOUS TO
Guangdong
Hong Kong
Hunan
Macao
Hainan
+1 relations
LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY
subject–verb–object
LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Hong Kong
Macao
PERMANENT DUPLICATED ITEM
HAK
粵語
REPLACES
Middle Chinese
USES
Cantonese characters
WRITING SYSTEM
written Cantonese
Traditional Chinese
Chinese characters
Cantonese Braille
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Yue, Yue dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese dialect
Wikipedia
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Cantonese, Yue Chinese
Wikidata
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Cantonese, Yue Chinese
Wiktionary
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Cantonese, Yue
OmegaWiki
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Cantonese, Yue
Wikipedia Redirections
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Canton Dialect, Cantonese-language, Cantonese (dialect), Cantonese Chinese, Cantonese Chinese language, Cantonese dialect, Cantonese dialects, Cantonese language, Cantonese romanization, Chinese Cantonese Chinese, Guangdong dialect, Guangdonghua, Guangfuhua, Guangzhou Cantonese, Guangzhou dialect, Guangzhouhua, Guǎngdōng huà, Guǎngzhōu huà, Gwong dong waa, Gwongdung wa, Gwongdungwaa, History of the Cantonese language, History of Yue Chinese, ISO 639:yue, Jyut Chinese, Kwong-fu, Metropolitan Cantonese, Modern Cantonese, Modern Cantonese language, romanization of Cantonese, spoken Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Standard Cantonese language, Yue (Cantonese), Yue Chinese dialects, Yue Chinese language, Yue dialect, Yue dialect family, Yue dialect group, Yue dialects, Yue languages, Yue varieties, Yueh Chinese, Yueh Chinese language, Yueh language, Yueyu, Yuhtyúh, Yuè Chinese, Yuè Chinese language, Yuè language, Yüeh Chinese, Yüeh Chinese language, Yüeh language, Zh-yue, 广东话, 广州话, 广府话, 廣州話, 廣府話, 廣東話, 标准粤语, 標準粵語, 粤语, 粵語
Wikidata Alias
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Cantonese, Cantonese dialect, Cantonese language, Standard Cantonese, Yue, yue, Yue-Yu, Yue-Yuu, Yue Chinese, yueh, Yüeh, zh-yue, Zh-yue

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