Editing Guangdong (section)

===Languages and ethnicities===
The majority of the province's population is [[Han Chinese]], though the Han population is so diverse that the province has been called the "treasure trove of regional languages" ({{lang|zh|方言寶庫}}).<ref>{{citation|last=Li|first=Rong|title={{lang|zh|中國語言地圖集}}|author-link=Li Rong (linguist)|trans-title=Language Atlas of China|edition=2|publisher=The Commercial Press|language=zh|year=2012|isbn=978-7-100-07054-6|postscript=.}}</ref> Within the Han Chinese, the largest subgroup in Guangdong are the [[Cantonese people]], with significant [[Hakka people|Hakka]] and [[Teochew people|Teoswa]] populations east of the Pearl River Delta. Guangdong is also home to small [[Yao people|Mien]], [[She people|She]], [[Hmong people|Hmong]], [[Li Chinese|Li]], and [[Zhuang people|Zhuang]] minorities.

====Yue Chinese====
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Guangdong is the traditional heartland of Yue Chinese ({{lang-zh|t=粵語|s=粤语|p=yuèyǔ|j=jyut<sup>6</sup> jyu<sup>5</sup>}}), which has a high degree of internal diversity. The vast majority of these speakers live at or west the [[Pearl River Delta]]. A total of {{sigfig|35810000|4}} Yue Chinese speakers live in Guangdong.{{sfnp|Li|2012|page=160}}

[[Cantonese]] and other Yue varieties spoken at the delta such as [[Weitou dialect|Waitaunese]] and [[Shiqi dialect|Shiqi Yue]] make up the greatest number of speakers, numbering at around {{sigfig|20720000|4}} speakers.{{sfnp|Li|2012|page=161}} Due to the large overseas population and cultural impact of [[Cantopop]] and Cantonese television shows, Cantonese is a well-known variety of Chinese throughout the world.

[[Siyi Yue|Siyi]] or Szeyap Yue, including [[Hoisanese]], is spoken in much of [[Jiangmen]] prefecture, numbering at around {{sigfig|3880000|3}} speakers.{{sfnp|Li|2012|page=161}} Siyi was once the representative variety of Chinese in many [[Chinese American]] communities.

====Hakka Chinese====
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The highlands of the [[Jiangxi]]-[[Fujian]]-Guangdong tripoint are the traditional heartland of the Hakka Chinese ({{lang-zh|s=客家话|t=客家話|p=kèjiāhuà|j=haak<sup>3</sup> gaa<sup>1</sup> waa<sup>6-2</sup>}}; [[Meizhou dialect|Moiyenese]]: ''hag<sup>5</sup> ga<sup>1</sup> fa<sup>4</sup>'')-speaking people, and [[Meizhou]] is often dubbed the capital of Hakka culture. Downhill Hakka migrations started in the [[early modern period]], and due to them being newcomers to the lowlands, they were dubbed "guest families" by the original inhabitants (the [[Punti]]s). There are around {{sigfig|20000000|4}} Neo-Hakka speakers in Guangdong, of which {{sigfig|2000000|3}} live significantly west of the traditional Hakka area.

====Min Chinese====
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Teoswa or Chaoshan Min ({{lang-zh|t=潮汕話|s=潮汕话|p=cháoshànhuà|j=ciu<sup>4</sup> saan<sup>3</sup> waa<sup>6-2</sup>}}; [[Peng'im]]: ''diê<sup>5</sup> suan<sup>1</sup> uê<sup>7</sup>'') is spoken primarily in the [[Chaoshan]] area, that is to say, [[Chaozhou]], [[Jieyang]], [[Shantou]], and [[Shanwei]] prefectures, by around {{sigfig|14120000|4}} speakers.{{sfnp|Li|2012|page=161}} It is a [[Southern Min]] branch, but has little mutual intelligibility with [[Hokkien]].

Leizhou Min ({{lang-zh|t=黎話|s=黎话|p=líhuà|j=leoi<sup>4</sup> waa<sup>6-2</sup>}}; Leizhounese: [{{IPA|lɔi˨ ue˧˥}}]) is spoken primarily in the Leizhou peninsula of [[Zhanjiang]] prefecture by around {{sigfig|4510000|3}} speakers.{{sfnp|Li|2012|page=161}} It is closely related to [[Hainanese]].

====Other Chinese====
Around {{sigfig|500000|2}} speakers of [[Shaozhou Tuhua]] live in small communities in [[Shaoguan]] prefecture, typically surrounded by Hakka speakers.{{sfnp|Li|2012|page=161}} These varieties have been observed to be similar to Hakka, and have been dubbed "Paleo-Hakka" by, for instance, [[W. South Coblin]].

There are also around {{sigfig|40000|2}} [[Southwestern Mandarin]] speakers in Guangdong, with around half of them being remnants of Northern ''[[juntun]]'' [<small>[[:zh:軍屯|zh]]</small>] that date back to the [[Ming dynasty]]. These communities largely live in small villages in coastal eastern Guangdong in places such as [[Haifeng]] and [[Huidong County, Guangdong|Huidong]] counties. The other half live in parts of [[Lechang]] close to [[Hunan]] province, which explains the Mandarin language they use.{{sfnp|Li|2012|page=161}}