Yue is a branch of the Sinitic languages primarily spoken in Southern China, particularly in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi, collectively known as Liangguang.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2021-2024 native-speaker figure from the article infobox; Ethnologue's total speaker figure for Yue is cited as approximately 86 million in secondary tabulations. StatusWikipedia article on Yue Chinese: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. RegionGuangdong, Guangxi, western Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau 2 Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Yue Chinese
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Yue Chinese (Cantonese) is written with Chinese characters, including characters coined for Cantonese-specific words.
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1. Glottolog: Yue Chinese (Glottolog languoid yuec1235)
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AES status: not endangered
2. Wikipedia: Yue Chinese
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Yue (Cantonese pronunciation ...) is a branch of the Sinitic languages primarily spoken in Southern China, particularly in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (collectively known as Liangguang).
Infobox, ISO 639-3
yue
Infobox: date
2021-2024
Infobox: region
Guangdong, Guangxi, western Hainan, Hong Kong and Macau
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