How many Hong Kongers speak Cantonese?

Cantonese. The principal language of Hong Kong is standard Cantonese (粵語, 廣州話, 廣東話, 廣府話, 白話, 本地話), spoken by 88.9\% of the population at home daily. As an official language, it is used in education, broadcasting, government administration, legislation and judiciary, as well as for daily communication.

Is Cantonese dying in Hong Kong?

According to these experts, Cantonese isn’t dying at all. For now. “From a linguistic point of view, it’s not endangered at all. It’s doing quite well compared to other languages in the China region,” said Mr Lau.

Do Hong Kongers speak Cantonese?

Although Hong Kongers refer to the language as “Cantonese” (廣東話), publications in mainland China describe the variant as Hong Kong dialect (香港話), due to the differences between the pronunciation used in Hong Kong Cantonese and that of the Cantonese spoken in neighbouring Guangdong Province where Cantonese (based on the …

What percentage of Chinese speakers speak Cantonese?

There are an estimated 84 million [2020] native Cantonese speakers in China (4.5\% of China’s population) compared with 933 million Mandarin first-language speakers (61.2\% of people in China).

How do you say I cant speak Cantonese in Cantonese?

A collection of useful phrases in Cantonese, a variety of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong, Macau, southern China, and a number of other places, in traditional characters and Yale Romanization….Bonus phrases.

I don’t speak Cantonese	我唔識講廣東話 (ngóh m̀hsìk góng gwóngdùngwá)
What did you say?	你講乜嘢話? (néih góng mātyéh wá?)

Does Cantonese have 6 or 9 tones?

There are “9 tones” in the Cantonese language, of which 3 tones have ending consonants (入聲字), often confusing for the untrained ear. As tones 7, 8 and 9 are in fact the same melodious tone as 1, 3, and 6, the numerical tones have been reduced to 6 tones in this guide.