Cantonese

Key Dialects: Yuehai, Siyi, Gaoyang, Guinan

Cantonese (also known as Yue) is one of several major languages in China.

The term Cantonese comes from the name of the place called Canton, now known as Guangzhou, the port city in southeast China and capital of Guangdong province.

Given all the dialects that exist within Cantonese, the language is sometimes referred to as a group of Cantonese dialects, and not just Cantonese. Oral communication is virtually impossible among speakers of some Cantonese dialects. For instance, there is as much of a difference between the dialects of Taishan and Nanning as there is between Italian and French.

Read more at this site, Cantonese.