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Cantonese is the only Chinese dialect that originated in Guangdong Province, and it also occupies a mainstream position in Guangdong Province, so it is called Cantonese, and it was officially defined as a language by the United Nations in 2008. Speaking of the birthplace of Cantonese, most experts in general academic circles think that it originated in Fengkai County, Guangdong Province (a county under the jurisdiction of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province). Academically, Cantonese is different from Cantonese. Cantonese refers to the Chinese language that originated in Xia Dynasty, that is, Cantonese. But many Cantonese speakers have moved here from the north or neighboring Fujian. After arriving in Guangdong, many people can accept the local dialect-Cantonese. But because they are all foreigners, it is difficult to accept the local accent, and it is really not easy to learn it correctly. So today's Cantonese has phonetic differences, but it is not much different from the standard Cantonese-Cantonese. It is precisely because of this that Cantonese, which now has nearly 100 million users, has become a reality. Guangzhou dialect refers to dialects popular in Guangdong, including Hakka dialect, Minnan dialect, Putonghua and some minority languages. In recent years, many foreigners have emigrated to Guangdong, so some people still use English in big cities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Guangdong.

There are 47 counties and cities in Guangdong Province that are pure Cantonese dialect or mainly Cantonese dialect, accounting for more than 1/3 of the total area of the province, namely Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Maoming, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Nanhai, Panyu, Dongguan, Shunde, Longmen, Fogang, Zengcheng, Conghua, Huadu, Qingyuan, Lianxian and Yangshan. In addition, Cantonese is also spoken in parts of Huizhou, Shaoguan, Zhanjiang, Boluo, Huiyang, Huidong, Renhua, Lechang, Yingde, Baoan, Dianbai, Suixi, Haikang, Xuwen and Lianjiang 16 counties and cities.

There are 24 counties and cities in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region that speak Cantonese, namely Nanning, Hengxian, Guigang, Guiping, Pingnan, tengxian, Wuzhou, Yulin, Beiliu, Rongxian, Bobai, Luchuan, Fangcheng, Qinzhou, Hepu, Pubei, Lingshan, Beihai, Cangwu, Cenxi, Zhaoping, Mengshan, Hezhou and Zhongshan. In addition, there are many overseas Chinese whose mother tongue is Cantonese, who are mainly distributed in Southeast Asia, North and South America, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. Almost more than 90% of overseas Chinese and Chinese Americans come from Cantonese dialect areas.

Hong Kong and Macao: Cantonese is spoken throughout the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region.

Cantonese dialects are distributed in most parts of Guangdong Province, Danzhou dialect-Maihua dialect-Jia Dan dialect in Hainan, eastern and southern Guangxi, and Hong Kong and Macao.

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Hainan: Speak Mandarin and Cantonese.

Nanjing area: including Nanjing and Guxiong, Cantonese is more popular because of the large number of migrants in Cantonese area.