Cantonese
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Written in the han script. Uses SVO word order with analytic morphology. Notable features include tonal distinctions, a politeness/honorific system, pronoun dropping.
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Word order SVO
Adjective before noun
Numeral before noun
Adposition both
Def. article no
Indef. article yes
Pro-drop yes
Tonal yes
Gender no
Noun cases no