Yuehai_Yue

Yuehai Yue

Yuehai Yue

Family of dialects of Yue Chinese, related to Cantonese

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.

"Zhongshan dialect" redirects here. For the dialect of Min Chinese, see Zhongshan Min.
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Topolects

Yuehai is divided into four principal dialects, each of which contains various subdialects. Cantonese is the prestige form.

References

  1. [1]
    "Guangfu" (apparently = all of Yuehai) in Olson, An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China


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