Guangfu dialects
| Yuehai | |
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| 粵海方言 | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Pearl River Delta, Guangdong |
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Native speakers
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13 million? (1998) |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| ISO 639-6 | (none) |
| Glottolog | yueh1236 |
| Linguasphere | 79-AAA-ma |
The four Yuehai dialects, at right, are marked with a 'Y'
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Yuehai (粵海方言) 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, though that name is more precisely applied to the Guangzhou dialect of Yuehai.
Yuehai is divided into four principal dialects, each of which contains various subdialects. Cantonese is the prestige form.
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