Chinese, Yue

Nationality Classification
汉族 Han
Secondary Nationality
壮族 Zhuang
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
汉语粤方言
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Chinese, Yue
ISO 639-3 Code
yue
Language Stock Classification
汉语(汉语族)Sinitic
Primary Province or Region
广东省 Guangdong Province
Location (in China)
Guangdong (except for the Hakka speaking areas especially in the northeast, the Min Nan speaking areas of the east, at points along the coast as well as Hainan Island), Macau, and in the southern part of Guangxi
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
52,000,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
1984