Do people in Guangxi speak Cantonese?

Some people in Guangxi also speak Cantonese. Cantonese is widely popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao, as well as overseas Chinese communities such as Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Melbourne, Christmas Island, new york, San Francisco, Vancouver and Toronto.

Cantonese is mainly popular in south-central and southeast Guangxi. There are more than 30 Cantonese counties and cities in Guangxi, namely Nanning, Yongning, Hengxian, Guigang, Guiping, Pingnan, tengxian, Wuzhou, Yulin, Beiliu, Rongxian, Bobai, Luchuan, Fangchenggang, Dongxing, Qinzhou, Hepu, Pubei, Lingshan, Beihai and Cangwu.

Other cities in Guangxi that don't use Cantonese also have Cantonese population distribution, generally along the river streets. Due to the development of new Guangxi immigrants and the need of agricultural technology upgrading in the Republic of China, central Guangxi moved to southeast Guangxi, and many Cantonese villages appeared.

Extended information of Cantonese popular in Guangxi;

1, Goulou Cantonese is the earliest Chinese dialect in Guangxi. Historically, there was an authoritative Chinese dialect in the border areas of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Goulou Cantonese is mainly distributed in Yulin and Wuzhou 13 counties and cities, Yulin, suburb of Wuzhou, Guigang, Hezhou, Beiliu, Cenxi, tengxian, Cangwu, Mengshan, Rongxian, Xingye, Bobai, northern Luchuan, Zhaoping, Zhongshan, Pingnan and Guiping.

2. Eternal Cantonese is widely distributed in Guangxi. Besides Nanning and its surrounding areas, Baise and Longzhou Cantonese in western Guangxi are also Yongxun Cantonese, represented by Nanning dialect. Yong Xun Cantonese is close to Wuzhou Cantonese and Guangzhou Dialect.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Cantonese