Cantonese people

Cantonese people
Cantonese people
Traditional Chinese	廣府人
Simplified Chinese	广府人
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngfǔ Rén
Bopomofo	ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄈㄨˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Wade–Giles	Kuang3-fu3 Jen2
Tongyong Pinyin	Guǎng-fǔ Rén
IPA	[kwàŋ.fù.ɻə̌n]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gwóngfú Yàhn
Jyutping	gwong2 fu2 jan4
IPA	[kʷɔːŋ˧˥.fuː˧˥.jɐn˩]
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	粵人
Simplified Chinese	粤人
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yuè Rén
Bopomofo	ㄩㄝˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Wade–Giles	Yüeh4 Jen2 Yo4 Jen2;
Tongyong Pinyin	Yuè Rén
IPA	[ɥê.ɻə̌n]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Yuht Yàhn
Jyutping	jyut6 jan4
IPA	[jyːt̚˨.jɐn˩]
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	廣州人
Simplified Chinese	广州人
Literal meaning	Guangzhou (Canton City) People
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎngzhōu Rén
Bopomofo	ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄡㄖㄣˊ
Wade–Giles	Kuang3-chou1 Jen2
Tongyong Pinyin	Guǎngjhou Rén
IPA	[kwàŋ.ʈʂóʊ.ɻə̌n]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gwóngjàu Yàhn
Jyutping	gwong2 zau1 jan4
IPA	[kʷɔːŋ˧˥.tsɐu˥.jɐn˩]

Cantonese
廣府人 / 广府人
	Cantonese noblewoman and servants, c. 1900s
Total population
	c. 66 million (estimated number of Yue speakers)
Regions with significant populations
	China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macau); Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar and Philippines); Other countries (including United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand)
Languages
	Cantonese, Taishanese and other Yue languages (native languages), Standard Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Filipino and Indonesian, Hong Kong English, Macau Portuguese
Religion
	Predominantly Chinese folk religions (which include Confucianism, Taoism, ancestral worship) and Mahayana Buddhism; Minorities: Christianity, Atheism, Islam, Freethought, others
Related ethnic groups
	Hong Kong people, Macau people, Taishanese people, other Han Chinese subgroups
	Population total based on speaker counts and may not reflect the total population with ancestry.

The Cantonese people (廣府人; 广府人; gwong fu jan; Gwóngfú Yàhn) or Yue people (粵人; 粤人; jyut jan; Yuht Yàhn), are a Han Chinese subgroup originating from or residing in the provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (collectively known as Liangguang or, with other regions, Lingnan), in southern mainland China. In a strict sense, "Cantonese" refers only to people with roots from Guangzhou and its satellite cities and towns, rather than generally referring to the people of the Liangguang region.^[2]

Historically centered and predominant in the Pearl River Basin shared between Guangdong and Guangxi, the Cantonese people are also responsible for establishing their native language's usage in Hong Kong and Macau during their 19th century migrations within the times of the British and Portuguese colonial eras respectively. Cantonese remains today as a majority language in Guangdong and Guangxi, despite the increasing influence of Mandarin. Taishanese people may also be considered Cantonese but speak a distinct variety of Yue Chinese, Taishanese.

^ David P Brown (31 August 2011). "Top 100 Languages by Population". Retrieved 6 May 2016.
^ Chinese Overseas: Comparative Cultural Issues. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 92–93.

[1] David P Brown (31 August 2011). "Top 100 Languages by Population". Retrieved 6 May 2016.

[2] Chinese Overseas: Comparative Cultural Issues. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 92–93.

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