Cantonese - Etsugo

…It is one of the Chinese dialects, represented by the standard dialect of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province and Hong Kong. It is also known as Yue. It is distributed from the Pearl River Delta, where Guangzhou is located, to the southwestern part of the province and the southeastern part of Guangxi, mainly in the Xijiang River basin, with an estimated population of 47 million people.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中国語方言群の一つで，広東省広州市や香港の標準方言に代表される。別名粤（えつ）語。広州のある珠江三角州から西江流域を中心に省南西部および広西南東部一帯に分布し，使用人口は推定4700万人。…

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