Xiguan dialect (original) (raw)

The Xiguan accent (Chinese: 西關口音) or Xiguan dialect (Chinese: 西關話), is a sub-dialect of the Guangzhou dialect of Cantonese, spoken in Xiguan. Cantonese takes Guangzhou dialect as its standard and Guangzhou dialect once took Xiguan as its standard. With an increasing number of outsiders moving in, Xiguan dialect can only be heard among the older population and it is near extinction. The Guangzhouhua Zidian (Chinese: 廣州話字典; lit. 'Guangzhou Dialect Dictionary') includes Xiguan alongside Nanhai and Hong Kong.