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ISO 639-3 · yueyue
Sino-Tibetan family
Yue Chinese
粵語
Yue Chinese is a language of the Sino-Tibetan branch, spoken in Brunei, China and Malaysia. Wikidata counts 73.1 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “primary branch of Chinese spoken in southern China”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
yue- Glottocode
yuec1235- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- Centre point
- 23.00, 112.00
- Wikipedia
- 66 language editions
73.1 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
4scripts
1levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Yue Chinese · 粵語 |
|---|---|
| Also called | zh-yue, yueh, Yue, Cantonese |
| L1 speakers | 73,100,000 (2019) |
| All speakers | 62,221,560 |
| Written in | Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, written Cantonese, Cantonese Braille |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Yue Chinese
The branches above Yue Chinese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
289Sino-TibetanfamilyyueYue Chineselanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Brunei
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigorouscdoEastern MinSino-Tibetan · 10.3 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousibaIbanAustronesian · 2.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationkxdBrunei MalayAustronesian3 · Wider CommunicationttgTutongAustronesian6b · ThreatenedlndLun BawangAustronesian5 · DevelopingbegBelaitAustronesian7 · Shifting