Yuehai Yue
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| Yuehai | |
|---|---|
| 粵海 | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Pearl River Delta, Guangdong |
Native speakers | (13 million? cited 1998)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | yueh1236 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-ma |
 The four main Yuehai languages, at right, are shaded in pink | |
Yuehai (Chinese: 粵海; Jyutping: jyut6 hoi2; pinyin: Yuèhǎi) is the main branch of Yue Chinese, spoken in the Pearl River Delta of the province of Guangdong, as well as Hong Kong and Macau. It is commonly called Cantonese,[2] though that name is more precisely applied to the Guangzhou topolect of Yuehai.
Topolects
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Yuehai is divided into four principal dialects, each of which contains various subdialects. Cantonese is the prestige form.
- Cantonese dialects
- Sanyi / Nanpanshun dialects
- Xiangshan dialect
- Guanbao dialect
- Dongguan dialect
- Bao'an dialect (Waitau)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Guangfu" (apparently = all of Yuehai) in Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China
- ↑ "Yue Chinese in China | Cantonese Chinese in China". www.mandarinrocks.com. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
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