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  2. Languages of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    English is a major working language in Hong Kong, and is widely used in commercial activities and legal matters. Although the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC by the United Kingdom in 1997, English remains one of the official languages of Hong Kong as enshrined in the Basic Law.

  3. Yue Chinese - Wikipedia

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    The ancestors of most of the Han Chinese population of Hong Kong came from Guangzhou after the territory was ceded to Britain in 1842. As a result, Hong Kong Cantonese, the most widely spoken language in Hong Kong and Macau, is an offshoot of the Guangzhou dialect. [20]

  4. Cantonese - Wikipedia

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    The official languages of Hong Kong are Chinese and English, as defined in the Hong Kong Basic Law. [23] The Chinese language has many different varieties , of which Cantonese is one. Given the traditional predominance of Cantonese within Hong Kong, it is the de facto official spoken form of the Chinese language used in the Hong Kong Government ...

  5. Bilingualism in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    In 1974 Chinese was declared as another official language of Hong Kong through the Official Languages Ordinance.The ordinance does not specify any particular variety of Chinese although majority of Hong Kong residents have Cantonese, the language of Canton (now called Guangzhou), as their mother tongue and this is considered the de facto official variety used by the government.

  6. Category:Languages of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Languages of Hong Kong" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. Hong Kong Cantonese - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong Cantonese is a dialect of Cantonese spoken primarily in Hong Kong. As the most commonly spoken language in Hong Kong, it shares a recent and direct lineage with the Guangzhou ( Canton ) dialect.

  8. Hong Kong language - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong language can refer to Languages of Hong Kong, the wide variety of languages used by different communities and racial groups in Hong Kong.; Hong Kong Cantonese, the form of Cantonese spoken in Hong Kong, which is often known as the Hong Kong speech

  9. Varieties of Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Chinese eventually replaced many of the languages previously dominant in these areas, and forms of the language spoken in different regions began to diverge. [7] During periods of political unity there was a tendency for states to promote the use of a standard language across the territory they controlled, in order to facilitate communication ...