| 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:instanceOf
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:language
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:descendedFrom
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Middle_Chinese
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Old_Chinese
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:hasDialects
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Chinese_characters
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:historicalPeriod
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Song_dynasty
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Qing_dynasty
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Tang_dynasty
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:influencedBy
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Middle_Chinese
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Classical_Chinese
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:ISO639-3
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            yue
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:languageFamily
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Sino-Tibetan
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:linguisticFeature
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            six to nine tones
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            rich vowel inventory
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            final stops
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:literaryTradition
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Cantonese_poetry
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Cantonese opera lyrics
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:notableCity
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Guangzhou
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Hong_Kong
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Macau
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            over 80 million (including dialects)
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:preservedIn
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            entering tone
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            distinction between voiced and voiceless initials (historically)
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            final -p, -t, -k
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:region
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Hong_Kong
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Macau
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Southeast_Asia
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Guangdong
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Guangxi
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:relatedTo
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Hakka
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Min_Chinese
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Standard_Chinese
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Taishanese
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:script
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Traditional_Chinese
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Vernacular_Cantonese_characters
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:spokenIn
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Cantonese_people
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:status
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            official language in Hong Kong
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            official language in Macau
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            major Chinese dialect
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            prestige dialect in Lingnan region
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:subfamily
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Chinese
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:usedIn
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Chinese_opera
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Hong_Kong_cinema
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:writingSystem
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Chinese_characters
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:bfsParent
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Bopomofo
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:bfsLayer
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            6
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Cantonese (historically)
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 |