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'''Cantonese''' is the de facto [[official language]] of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] and is also the lingua franca of Guangdong Province. It is completely different from [[Mandarin]], the official language of [[China]], differing not only [[phonology|phonologically]], but also [[grammar|grammatically]] and in [[vocabulary]].

'''Cantonese''' is the de facto [[official language]] of [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] and is also the lingua franca of Guangdong Province. It is completely different from [[Mandarin]], the official language of [[China]], differing not only [[phonology|phonologically]], but also [[grammar|grammatically]] and in [[vocabulary]].

Linguistic studies have shown that the Cantonese language is '''not''' a dialect of any language in particular but rather a language in its own right with its own history. However, written Cantonese is rarely encountered outside Hong Kong even in overseas Cantonese-speaking communities outside the so-called "Greater China" (as coined by the liberal media).

Linguistic studies have shown that the Cantonese language is '''not''' a dialect of any language in particular but rather a language in its own right with its own history. However, written Cantonese is rarely encountered outside Hong Kong even in overseas Cantonese-speaking communities outside the so-called "Greater China" entity (as coined by the liberal media).

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