Cantonese yog ib hom lus Esxias uas pib hauv Canton, South China. Feem ntau, cov neeg siv lo lus 'Cantonese' xa mus rau cov lus hu rau Guangzhou, Xauv lus ntawm Hong Kong, Xiguan dialect, Wuzhou dialect, thiab Tanka dialect of Yue. Txawm li cas los xij, cov neeg txhais lus nyiam xaiv lub npe ‘Cantonese’ rau Yue dialect ntawm Guangzhou (Canton) thiab Hong Kong. Siv qhov kev qhia no, Cantonese yog lub suab hais lus ntawm Yue.
Cantonese yog hais los ntawm cov neeg nyob rau yav qab teb suav, Hong koob, Macau, Malaysia thiab Singapore, thiab cov chaw uas muaj ntau lub teb chaws Suav uas tuaj ntawm Cantonese hais lus ntawm Suav teb, xws li Melbourne. Nws tseem yog hom lus tshaj tawm ntawm cov Neeg Suav Tebchaws Suav Tebchaws Nplog Tebchaws Asmeskas thiab North America. Nws hais tias tshaj 100,000,000 tus neeg hais lus Cantonese. Nws yog ib hom lus ntawm tonal nrog 6 hom tones. Hos Cantonese tsuas yog cov lus thib peb uas hais lus Suav, tsuas yog qab Mandarin thiab Wu, nws txoj haujlwm hauv Hong Kong thiab Macau ua kom nws paub dav dav ntawm lwm cov lus Suav.
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Txawm hais tias tus neeg hu ua Cantonese hu ua dialect of Suav, Cantonese yog txawv ntawm Mandarin, feem ntau hais lus ntawm Suav, hais tias lawv yog cov tsis paub sib txawv, lub ntsiab lus uas hais lus ntawm ib hom lus tsis nkag siab lwm hom lus tsis tau kawm nws ua ntej. Nws hais tau tias Cantonese yog cov zoo dua qub txog rau Suav Classical tshaj Mandarin.
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Cantonese yog los ntawm Sino-Tibetan tsev neeg hom lus.
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