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Hong Kong Cantonese

dialect native to Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Cantonese

Summary

Hong Kong Cantonese is a dialect[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (207 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hong Kong Cantonese's instance of is recorded as dialect[3].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's ISO 639-6 code is recorded as xgng[4].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's subclass of is recorded as Yuehai Yue[5].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's writing system is recorded as Chinese characters[6].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's writing system is recorded as Cantonese Braille[7].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's IETF language tag is recorded as yue-HK[8].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's Commons category is recorded as Hong Kong Chinese[9].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fxzlv[10].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's Glottolog code is recorded as xian1255[11].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's different from is recorded as Chinese (Hong Kong)[12].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's different from is recorded as Hong Kong written Chinese[13].
  • Hong Kong Cantonese's dialect of is recorded as Cantonese[14].

Why It Matters

Hong Kong Cantonese ranks in the top 7% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (207 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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