Cantonese people
Gwóngfú Yàhn |
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| Total population | |
| (Around 66 million (est. worldwide)) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| China (Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan), Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar), Western world (United States, Mexico, Peru, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Venezuela) | |
| Languages | |
| Cantonese, Taishanese and other Yue Chinese variants (parent tongues), Southwestern Mandarin, Vietnamese language, Hong Kong English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Chinese folk religions (which include Taoism, Confucianism, ancestral worship) and Mahayana Buddhism. Minorities: Christianity, Atheism, Freethought; others. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hong Kong people, Macanese people, Taishanese people, other Han Chinese groups | |
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some population totals are based on speaker counts and may not reflect the total population with ancestry |
| Cantonese people | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣府人 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 广府人 | ||||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣東人 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广东人 | ||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngfǔ Rén |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Gwóngfú Yàhn |
| Jyutping | gwong2 fu2 jan4 |
| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guǎngdōng Rén |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Gwóngdūng Yàhn |
| Jyutping | gwong2 dung1 jan4 |
The Cantonese people (simplified Chinese: 广府人; traditional Chinese: 廣府人; Yale: Gwóngfú Yàhn; Jyutping: gwong2 fu2 jan4; lit. people of Guangfu) are a subgroup of Han Chinese peoples originating from the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (together known as Liangguang), in mainland China. The term "Cantonese people" is often synonymous with the Punti people (本地人; bun2 dei6 jan4). They are also referred to as "Hoa" in Vietnam, "Kongfu" in Malaysia and "Konghu" in Indonesia. Many also call themselves "Tang people".
The Cantonese people were historically responsible for establishing the Cantonese language's usage in Hong Kong during the early migration to the colonial era. Today, Hong Kong and Macau are the only regions in the world where Cantonese is the official spoken language; most people in Guangdong and Guangxi, as elsewhere in Mainland China, speak Standard Mandarin as a second language to Cantonese. There are currently around 9 million Cantonese speakers overseas.
Taishanese people (四邑廣東人) may also be considered as Cantonese, but speak Taishanese (台山話), a different variant of Yue Chinese.
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