Yuehai (Chinese: 粵海; Jyutping: jyut6 hoi2; pinyin: Yuèhǎi) is the main branch of Yue Chinese, spoken in the Pearl River Delta of the province of Guangdong, as well as Hong Kong and Macau. It is commonly called Cantonese, though that name is more precisely applied to the Guangzhou topolect of Yuehai.
Topolects
Yuehai is divided into four principal dialects, each of which contains various subdialects. Cantonese is the prestige form.
- Guangfu dialects
- Sanyi / Nanpanshun dialects
- Xiangshan dialect
- Guanbao dialect
- Dongguan dialect
- Bao'an dialect (Waitau)
References
- ^ "Guangfu" (apparently = all of Yuehai) in Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China
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