Siyi Yue

Siyi
Seiyap, Sze Yup
Native to	Guangdong, China; Sze Yup Chinese communities in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and the Americas.
Region	Sze Yup
Native speakers	3.9 million (2010)[citation needed]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Sinitic Chinese Yue Siyi
Dialects	Taishanese Xinhui dialect Siqian dialect Guzhen dialect Enping dialect Kaiping dialect
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
ISO 639-6	siiy
Glottolog	siyi1236
Linguasphere	77-AAA-mb
Siyi (lower right), among other Yue and Pinghua groups in Guangxi and Guangdong
Chinese name
Chinese	四邑方言
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sìyì fāngyán Bopomofo ㄙˋ ㄧˋ ㄈㄤ ㄧㄢˊ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sei3 jap1 fong1 jin4 other Yue Taishanese ɬi˧ jip˥ foŋ˧ ŋun˨
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	四邑話
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sìyìhuà Bopomofo ㄙˋ ㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sei3 jap1 waa2 other Yue Taishanese ɬi˧ jip˥ va˧˨˥

Siyi (Seiyap or Sze Yup in Cantonese; Chinese: 四邑方言; pinyin: Sìyì fāngyán; Jyutping: sei3 jap1 fong1 jin4 meaning "Four Hamlets") is a coastal branch of Yue Chinese spoken mainly in Guangdong province, but is also used in overseas Chinese communities. Within the province, it is mainly spoken in the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen, but pockets exist outside Jiangmen, including the Doumen and Jinwan districts in Zhuhai, Guzhen in Zhongshan and Jun'an in Foshan. Taishanese, which was one of the most important Chinese dialects in Chinese American communities, is considered a representative dialect.