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Preferred term

yueCantonese  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Cantonese, or Standard Cantonese, is a language that originated in the vicinity of Canton (i.e. Guangzhou) in southern China, and is often regarded as the prestige dialect of Yue Chinese.

Entry terms

  • Chinese, Yue
  • Yue Chinese

ISO 639-3 code

  • yue

Notation

  • yue

In other languages

  • cantonais

    French

  • Cantonais standard
  • Kantonesisch

    German

  • cantonese

    Italian

  • Portuguese

  • cantonés

    Spanish

  • Cantonés estándar

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/yue

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