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Cantonese

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | © World Encyclopedia 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Cantonese One of the major languages of China. Within the Chinese People's Republic it is spoken by c.50 million people, mainly in the extreme southern provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi. It is also the language spoken by most Chinese in Southeast Asia and the USA.

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