Cantonese

E25452

Chinese language variety Sinitic language spoken language

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

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Cantonese canonical	102
Hong Kong Cantonese	4
Guangzhou Cantonese	2
Standard Cantonese	2
Cantonese Pinyin	1
Cantonese Wikinews	1
Cantonese language	1
Cantonese people	1
Cantonese phonology	1
Guangdong Cantonese-speaking communities	1
Macanese Cantonese	1
Taishanese Chinese	1
Written Cantonese	1
廣東話 as gwong2 dung1 waa2	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese language variety ⓘ Sinitic language ⓘ spoken language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Taishanese ⓘ Yuehai dialects ⓘ
family	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
hasDialect	Cantonese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guangzhou Cantonese Cantonese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Cantonese Cantonese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Macanese Cantonese Taishanese ⓘ
hasDistinctGrammarFrom	Standard Chinese ⓘ surface form: Standard Mandarin
hasDistinctVocabularyFrom	Standard Chinese ⓘ surface form: Standard Mandarin
hasLoanwordsFrom	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Portuguese language ⓘ surface form: Portuguese
hasOnlinePresence	widely used on social media ⓘ
hasPhonemicTones	yes ⓘ
hasRomanizationStandard	Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanization ⓘ Yale Cantonese ⓘ surface form: Jyutping 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 ⓘ surface form: Guangdong province Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Macau ⓘ
scriptDirection	left-to-right ⓘ
spokenIn	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Guangxi Province ⓘ surface form: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guangzhou ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Pearl River Delta ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
standardVarietyCenter	Guangzhou ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong
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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cantonese Pinyin Chinese characters ⓘ Jyutping romanization ⓘ Traditional Chinese characters ⓘ Cantonese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Written Cantonese Yale romanization ⓘ

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, China → majorSpokenLanguage → Cantonese ⓘ

subject surface form: Hong Kong

Asian New Zealander → language → Cantonese ⓘ

Anna May Wong → heritage → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taishanese Chinese

Voice of America → languageOfWorkOrName → Cantonese ⓘ

Whisper → supportsLanguage → Cantonese ⓘ

eastern China → language → Cantonese ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern China

Cantonese → writingSystem → Cantonese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Written Cantonese

Cantonese → writingSystem → Cantonese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cantonese Pinyin

Cantonese → hasDialect → Cantonese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guangzhou Cantonese

Cantonese → hasDialect → Cantonese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hong Kong Cantonese

Cantonese → hasDialect → Cantonese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Macanese Cantonese

Sino-Tibetan languages → includesLanguage → Cantonese ⓘ

Hakka → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Cantonese ⓘ

Lingnan → language → Cantonese ⓘ

Lingnan → ethnicGroup → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cantonese people

Wikinews → hasLanguageEdition → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cantonese Wikinews

Teochew → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Cantonese ⓘ

Adrienne Clarkson → languageSpoken → Cantonese ⓘ

Chinatown, Manhattan → languageSpoken → Cantonese ⓘ

Chinese Malaysians → language → Cantonese ⓘ

Chinese language → hasPart → Cantonese ⓘ

Kowloon → language → Cantonese ⓘ

Zhuhai → languageUsed → Cantonese ⓘ

Chinatown → languageUsed → Cantonese ⓘ

subject surface form: Chinatown, San Francisco

Wu dialects → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Cantonese ⓘ

Yang → associatedLanguageVariety → Cantonese ⓘ

Tan → languageContext → Cantonese ⓘ

Yuehai Subdistrict → languageUsed → Cantonese ⓘ

Taiwanese Hokkien → notMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Cantonese ⓘ

Nanshan District → localLanguage → Cantonese ⓘ

Yantian District → localLanguage → Cantonese ⓘ

Pingshan District → hasLanguage → Cantonese ⓘ

Longhua District → languageUsed → Cantonese ⓘ

Asian Portuguese → hasInfluenceFrom → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cantonese language

Yale romanization → language → Cantonese ⓘ

Yale romanization → region → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guangdong Cantonese-speaking communities

Taishanese → isDistinctFrom → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Cantonese

Middle Chinese → ancestorOf → Cantonese ⓘ

Yale Cantonese → languageOfWorkOrName → Cantonese ⓘ

Kao → transliteratedFrom → Cantonese ⓘ

Yue Chinese → hasProminentVariety → Cantonese ⓘ

Yue Chinese → hasVariety → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Cantonese

Yue Chinese → hasVariety → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guangzhou Cantonese

Yue Chinese → hasVariety → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hong Kong Cantonese

Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanization → basedOn → Cantonese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cantonese phonology

Humen → languageUsed → Cantonese ⓘ

Chinese Surinamese → language → Cantonese ⓘ

Sun Wen → nativeLanguage → Cantonese ⓘ