Yue
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 粵/粤 (yuè) or Mandarin 越 (yuè).
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Proper noun
Yue
- The modern Sinitic language which includes Cantonese (Canton) dialect.
- 1989, S. Robert Ramsey, The Languages of China, page 98:
- The Yue dialects are popularly known as the Cantonese dialects. [...] The speech of Canton City, which is Cantonese in its narrower sense, is the best known and most generally esteemed of the Yue dialects.
- 2000, George L. Campbell, “YUE (Cantonese)”, in Compendium of the World's Languages, page 1793:
- One form of Yue—that of Canton—has provided an umbrella term for the whole [language] complex—Cantonese.
- People who speak Yue, such as the Cantonese and Taishanese.
- 1989, S. Robert Ramsey, The Languages of China, page 98:
- If there is a well-defined subgroup of the Han Chinese today, it is the Yue.
- Any of several ancient Tai peoples of what is now Guangdong province, or their languages.
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References
- ^ Yueh, Webster's Third International Dictionary