What is Cantonese? Specific point

Introduction to Cantonese 1. Common names: Cantonese, Cantonese and Vernacular 2. English name: Canton 3. Status: Official languages of Hong Kong and Macao. 4. Using countries and regions: Guangdong Province, the Pearl River Delta region, the southeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong, Macao, Medan, Indonesia's North Sumatra Province, Christmas Island, Malaysia, Vietnam, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Cantonese immigrant countries and regions. 5. The number of users is about 67 million ~ 654.38+300 million Cantonese distribution area 6. The world ranking is 16 7. Sino-Tibetan language family-Chinese language family-Cantonese 8. Lexical classification Cantonese vocabulary is divided into Chinese words, loanwords and proprietary words. Chinese vocabulary: the most commonly used, accounting for most of the vocabulary, such as "time"; Inherent words: words that are unique to Cantonese and belong to ancient Chinese, but are not used or disappeared in Chinese now, such as "money (meaning tired)" and "money (meaning hope)"; Loanwords: Loanwords refer to words from other languages, such as "bus". 9. Connection and difference with Mandarin: Cantonese and Mandarin belong to Chinese, in which Mandarin is the national lingua franca and Cantonese is a branch of Chinese. 10. Official identity of Hong Kong and Macao 1 1. Administration: Legal Language Division of Civil Service Bureau of Hong Kong Government 13. Language code: ISO 639- 1: ZHISO 639-2 Pool (b) ZHO (T). Ethnology14 Edition: YUH: Yue Editor This paragraph defines Cantonese, which is a language originated in Guangdong and Guangxi, and is also the mainstream language in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, so it is called Cantonese or vernacular. Since ancient times, Guangdong and Guangxi have been connected by mountains and rivers, and people are connected. Guangdong and Guangxi were inseparable until the Song Dynasty. Cantonese was formed much earlier than in the Song Dynasty, which is why Cantonese is only popular in Guangdong and Guangxi. When it comes to the birthplace of Cantonese, most experts in general authoritative academic circles think that it originated from Guangxin, Gucangwu County (Guguangxin, that is, most of Wuzhou in Guangxi and a few areas in Fengkai, Guangdong). Cangwu county in ancient times was located in the center of Guangdong and Guangxi, and its jurisdiction was equivalent to Wuzhou, Zhaoqing and Hezhou today. Gui Jiang (Lishui) in the north is connected with the Yangtze River system via Lingqu and Xiangjiang River. The mainstream of the Pearl River, Xijiang, the mother river of Lingnan across Guangdong and Guangxi, passes through the county seat. Guangxin, the capital of southern China, is very important! 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. However, because they are all foreigners, it is difficult for them to accept the local accent, and it is really not easy to learn it correctly. Therefore, today's Cantonese has phonetic differences, but it is not much different from the standard Cantonese-Cantonese. It is precisely because of this that today's Cantonese is formed. Guangzhou dialect refers to dialects popular in Guangdong, including Hakka dialect, Min dialect (Chaozhou dialect, Fulao dialect, Leizhou dialect, Li dialect and Shanghai 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. In 2009, after 10 years, Sun Yat-sen University and people from all walks of life finally confirmed authoritatively that the real birthplace of Cantonese was Guangxin, Gucangwu County, which is now Wuzhou, Guangxi. (Note: Guangdong and Guangxi were inseparable in ancient times. It was not until the Song Dynasty that it was divided into Guangdong and Guangxi. It is precisely because of this that Cantonese is basically popular in Guangdong and Guangxi. Guangxin in ancient times was always the political center under the jurisdiction of Guangdong and Guangxi. ) Cantonese vowel 20, vowel 56, nine tones and six tones, nine names and six tones and three tones. The tone of Cantonese is also very different from that of the north. There are six tones, one is clear, two are clear, three are clear, four are turbid, five are turbid and six are turbid. After that, promoting sound clarity is the high entrance, promoting sound clarity is the middle entrance, and promoting sound turbidity is the low entrance. Nine o'clock.