Cantonese or Standard Cantonese is a language spoken in and around the city of Canton in southern China, by the majority population of Hong Kong and Macau, and as a lingua franca of Guangdong province, eastern Guangxi province, and some neighbouring areas. It is used in Hong Kong and Macau as the de facto official spoken language of government and instruction in schools. It is spoken by overseas Chinese communities in Canada, Perú, Panamá, the United States and Australia, as well as throughout Europe and Southeast Asia, being the most widely spoken Chinese language and a lingua franca in many of these communities.
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Cantonese One of the major dialect groups or languages of the Chinese language or language family, mainly spoken in parts of southern Mainland China.
Cantonese A Chinese language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of Mainland China.
