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廣府人 / 广府人 | |
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 Cantonese noblewoman and servants, c. 1900s | |
| Total population | |
| c. 66 million (estimated number of Yue speakers)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macau) Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar and Philippines) Other countries (including United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand) | |
| Languages | |
| Cantonese, Taishanese and other Yue languages (native languages), Standard Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Filipino and Indonesian, Hong Kong English, Macau Portuguese | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Chinese folk religions (which include Confucianism, Taoism, ancestral worship) and Mahayana Buddhism Minorities: Christianity, Atheism, Islam, Freethought, others | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Hong Kong people, Macau people, Taishanese people, other Han Chinese subgroups | |
Population total based on speaker counts and may not reflect the total population with ancestry. |
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣府人 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广府人 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 粵人 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 粤人 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Second alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣州人 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广州人 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Guangzhou (Canton City) People | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Cantonese people (廣府人; 广府人; gwong fu jan; Gwóngfú Yàhn) or Yue people (粵人; 粤人; jyut jan; Yuht Yàhn), are a Han Chinese subgroup originating from Guangzhou and its satellite cities and towns (such as Hong Kong and Macau).[2] In a more general sense "Cantonese people" can refer to any Han Chinese people originating from or residing in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (collectively known as Liangguang), or it may refer to the inhabitants of Guangdong province alone.[3]
Historically centered around Guangzhou and the surrounding Pearl River Delta, the Cantonese people established the Cantonese language as the dominant one in Hong Kong and Macau during their 19th century migrations within the times of the British and Portuguese colonial eras respectively. Cantonese remains today as a majority language in Guangdong and Guangxi, despite the increasing influence of Mandarin. Speakers of other Yue Chinese dialects, such as the Taishanese people who speak Taishanese, may or may not be considered Cantonese. The Hakka and Teochew people who also reside in Guangdong are usually differentiated from the Cantonese as they speak non-Yue Chinese languages.
- ^ David P Brown (31 August 2011). "Top 100 Languages by Population". Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Chinese Overseas: Comparative Cultural Issues. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 92–93.
- ^ Chinese Overseas: Comparative Cultural Issues. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 92–93.