Which is more widely spoken in the world, Cantonese or Hokkien? Where are they located in the world?

Cantonese is widely spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, and Guangdong, and is widely spoken in Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Shishi, Jinjiang and other places in Fujian.

Hokkien is used in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore.

Cantonese is less clear.

The difference between Hokkien and Cantonese is that they are in different languages. Hokkien is a language originating from southern Fujian, China, that is, southern Fujian, belonging to ancient Chinese, a kind of Min language, linguistic classification, Chinese Chinese language scholars mostly believe that Hokkien is a Chinese dialect, Western scholars mostly think that it is a language, belonging to the Chinese family.

Cantonese is a Sino-Tibetan language family of Chinese, mainly used in Guangdong, its name ** in the ancient Lingnan region of Nanyue, "Hanshu" written in Nanyue, Yue and Yue is a fake word, with Guangxin as the center of Lingnan politics, economy and culture, is the earliest development of Lingnan culture and Cantonese.

The origin of the Cantonese language

The origins of Cantonese are said to be Ya from the northern Central Plains and Chu from Chu State. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang and Song dynasties, people from the Central Plains continued to migrate to Lingnan, which promoted the development and stereotyping of the Cantonese language. Since the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, there has been little change in Cantonese.

However, linguist Mr. Li Xinkui believes that the earliest source of Cantonese should be the result of the southward migration of the Chu people and the southward arrival of the Chu language.

Qing Dynasty scholar Chen Li's "Guangzhou Yinshuo" discusses the characteristics of the Guangzhou dialect and its origin, Chen Li believes that the tone of the Guangzhou dialect is in line with the Sui and Tang rhymes, because the people of the Central Plains have migrated to Guangzhou for more than 1,000 years.

The full name of the first official authoritative pronunciation and rhyme book in Chinese history, Guangyun, is "The Great Song Dynasty Rebuilds Guangyun", and the pronunciation of the characters marked in it is highly consistent with today's Cantonese. Cantonese is one of the southern dialects that retains more Middle Chinese elements, and the most prominent feature is that it retains the common sound of Middle Chinese relatively completely.

It's not the same. Hokkien and Cantonese are two different dialects, and the phonetics and vocabulary are very different, and the two cannot talk to each other.

Differences: 1. In terms of vocabulary, Cantonese is closer to Mandarin than Min Chinese.

2. In terms of phonemic composition, Min is closer to Mandarin than Cantonese.

3. Min language inherits more of the characteristics of ancient Chinese before the Tang Dynasty, while Cantonese inherits more of the characteristics of ancient Chinese in the Tang and Song dynasties.

Hokkien and Cantonese are not the same. The initials are different from the 19 initials in Cantonese and 15 initials in Hokkien. The finals are different from Cantonese, consisting of nine rhymes and eight endings, for a total of 59 finals; Hokkien language, 87 finals, greatly retains the nasal rhyme tail and stopper rhyme tail in the ancient sound, and there is a very prominent phenomenon of different readings of the text.

The tones are different in Cantonese with nine tones and six tones, Yin Ping, Yin Shang, Yin Go, Yang Ping, Yang Shang, Yang Go, Yin In, Zhong In, Yang In, Hokkien Seven Tone and Eight Tones, Yin Ping, Yin Go, Yang Ping, Yang Go, Yin In, Yang Senchang Tan In, Shang.

The distribution of Hokkien language

Hokkien is mainly distributed in Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Longyan and most of Xinluo District of Fujian Province and most of Zhangping City, most of Datian and Youxi in Sanming District, Fuding, Xiapu and Jiaocheng District and some areas of Fuqing in Ningde City.

Some natural villages in Yuxi Town, Fuqing City, part of Wangkeng in Yidu Township, Shangji Township, Yinxi Township, Yangxia Township, Dongzhang Township, Longtang, Zhenbian, Zhoudian and other villages in Honglu Township. The Hui and Manchu people in Quanzhou, and the Mongolian people also speak fluent Hokkien, and the Quanzhou Hui people who are not in the Hui township also speak Hokkien.

It's not the same. 1. Hokkien is a language originating in southern Fujian, China, and belongs to ancient Chinese and Minnan.

3. Hokkien is popular among southern Fujian, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, and overseas Chinese.

3. Cantonese is a Chinese language family belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family.

4. Cantonese is spoken in communities in Guangdong, Guangxi and Hong Kong.

5. Cantonese and Hokkien are different, but not much different, and they both belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family.

1. Initials. The number of initials is different. Hokkien has four more initials than Cantonese, with Cantonese having nineteen initials and Hokkien having fifteen initials.

2. Finals. Cantonese consists of nine rhymes and eight endings, with a total of 59 finals. Hokkien has 87 finals, which greatly retains the nasal rhyme end and stopper rhyme end in the ancient sound, and there is a very prominent phenomenon of different pronunciation of the text.

3. Tone. Cantonese nine tones and six tones: Yin Ping, Yin Shang, Yin Go, Yang Ping, Yang Shang, Yang Go, Yin In, Zhong In, Yang In. Hokkien has seven tones and eight tones: Yin Ping, Yin Go, Yang Ping, Yang Go, Yin In, Yang In.

4. Vocabulary. Both Cantonese and Hokkien have their own unique vocabulary that is not found in Mandarin. The vocabulary of Cantonese is divided into Chinese characters, Cantonese words, and loanwords.

Chinese character words: the most commonly used, accounting for the majority of the vocabulary, such as "time"; Cantonese words: Cantonese-specific words, such as "得leisure"; Loanwords:

Refers to words composed of foreign Chinese dialects, and Cantonese absorbs more foreign words.

For example, "Store" in everyday Cantonese language means "store" in English. The meaning of the same word in Cantonese is broader and more lively than that of Mandarin. Cantonese is a monosyllabic word, but most modern Chinese is a two-syllable word.

In addition, Cantonese retains many ancient words and expressions in both spoken and written languages.

5. The use area is different.

Hokkien is spoken in most areas of Fujian and Hainan, Chaoshan in eastern Guangdong, parts of the Leizhou Peninsula, parts of Wenzhou in Zhejiang, a few areas in Guangxi, and most of the Han inhabited areas in Taiwan.

Cantonese is widely spoken in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and Macau in Lingnan China, as well as in overseas Chinese communities such as Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Sydney, Melbourne and Christmas Island in Australia, New York and San Francisco in the United States, Vancouver and Toronto in Canada.