Yuehai dialects

Yuehai
粵海方言
Native to	People's Republic of China
Region	Guangdong
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Chinese Yue Yuehai
Dialects	Guangfu Sanyi Zhongshan Guan-Bao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist List	yue-yue
The four Yuehai dialects, at right, are marked with a 'Y'

Yuehai (粵海方言) is the main branch of Yue Chinese, spoken in Guangdong province, Northern Vietnam, Hong Kong, Macau and Malaysia. It is commonly called Cantonese, though that name is more precisely applied to the Guangfu dialect of Yuehai.

Dialects

Yuehai is divided into four principal dialects, each of which contains various subdialects. Cantonese is the prestige form.

• Guangfu dialect (Cantonese)
  • Guangzhou dialect
  • Hong Kong dialect
  • Xiguan dialect
  • Wuzhou dialect
  • Tanka dialect
• Sanyi dialect (Samyap)
  • Nanhai dialect
  • Jiujiang dialect
  • Xiqiao dialect
  • Panyu dialect
  • Shunde dialect
• Zhongshan dialect
  • Shiqi dialect
  • Sanjiao dialect

• Guan-Bao dialect
  • Dongguan dialect
  • Bao'an dialect (Waitau)

Guan-Bao is divergent.