Yuehai dialects
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.
- Guangzhou dialect
- Hong Kong dialect
- Macau dialect
- Xiguan dialect
- Wuzhou dialect
- Tanka dialect
- Nanhai dialect
- Jiujiang dialect
- Xiqiao dialect
- Panyu dialect
- Shunde dialect
- Shiqi dialect
- Sanjiao dialect
- Dongguan dialect
- Bao'an dialect (Waitau)
References
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Yuehai_dialects
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