Cantonese
yue · 粵語
Cantonese (yue) is written in the Traditional script and has an estimated 81.5M speakers. CLDR has 7 locales for it.
Native name粵語
ScriptTraditionalHant
Speakers81.5Mestimated
Countries4
Locales7
Plural forms1other
Overview
- Code
- yue
- Native name
- 粵語
- Script
- Traditional Hant
- Likely region
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China
- Direction
- Left to right
- Plural categories
- other
- Ordinal categories
- other
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | 90% | |
| 🇲🇴 Macao SAR China | De facto official | 86% |
| 🇨🇳 China | 5.2% | |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 2% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| other | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, … |