你好!
say it: “nay HOH”
Cantonese
in its own words: 粵語
- Speakers
- 85 million (estimate)
- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- People's Republic of China, Vietnam
- Script
- Chinese characters (traditional)
- Official language
- Macao (de facto)
Fun fact
Cantonese has six to nine tones depending on the analysis; Mandarin has four.