Where did cantonese originate from?
I found this info. from: “Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia” Cantonese, also known as Yuet Yu (in its own pronunciation) or Yue Yu (following the Mandarin pronunciation), is a primary branch of Chinese. The name “Cantonese” is also commonly used in a narrower sense for Standard Cantonese, which is the prestige dialect of Cantonese in the broader sense. The issue of whether Cantonese in the broader sense (Yue) should be regarded as a language in its own right or as a dialect of a Chinese language depends on conceptions of what a language is. Like the other primary branches of Chinese, Cantonese is considered to be a dialect of a single Chinese language for ethnic and cultural reasons, but is also considered a language in its own right because it is mutually unintelligible with other varieties of Chinese. The exact number of Cantonese speakers is unknown due to a lack of statistics and census data. The areas with the highest concentration of speakers are Guangdong, some parts of Guangxi i
