When used to designate a language, "Punti" is equivalent to the Standard Cantonese mainly used in Guangzhou (formerly Canton), Hong Kong and Macau. "Punti" became a word often used in the legal system of Hong Kong and other official settings; when a defendant chooses to use Punti in court, he/she elects to use Cantonese as the language of the proceedings instead of English. Despite the reference to Punti, in this context the word means nothing more than "Cantonese Chinese" as a spoken language, particularly Hong Kong dialect; there are political and practical reasons for not using the term "Cantonese Chinese".[2]
Modern use of the demonym Punti is promoted by the Hong Kong Museum of History, which maintains an extensive collection of Punti artefacts.[3]
^"Hong Kong Museum of History". Hong Kong Traveller. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
Sources
Constable, Nicole (February 2005). Guest People: Hakka Identity in China and Abroad. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. ISBN978-0-295-98487-2.
英華行篋便覽: Being an English-Chinese Vocabulary of Articles of Commerce and of Domestic Use; Also, All the Known Names Connected with the Sciences of Natural History, Chemistry, Pharmacy, &c. in the Court and Punti Dialects. Hong Kong: Office of the "Daily Press". 1864.
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punti, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2009, lear. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Punti news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Punti Chinese 本地 Jyutping bun2 dei6 lit locals is a Cantonese endonym referring to the native Cantonese people of Guangdong and Guangxi Punti designates Weitou dialect speaking locals in contrast to other Yue Chinese speakers and others such as Taishanese people Hoklo people Hakka people and ethnic minorities such as the Zhuang people of Guangxi and the boat dwelling Tanka people who are both descendants of the Baiyue although the Tanka have largely assimilated into Han Chinese culture 1 Punti Punti Residence exhibit at the Hong Kong Museum of HistoryChinese本地Literal meaninglocal s TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinbendiWade Gilespen3 ti4HakkaRomanizationbun3 ti4Yue CantoneseYale Romanizationbun deihJyutpingbun2 dei6IPACantonese pronunciation pǔːn tei In Hong Kong Punti as a group refers in a strict sense to the Cantonese speaking indigenous inhabitants of Hong Kong who settled in Hong Kong before the New Territories of Hong Kong were leased to the British Empire in 1898 Prominently represented by the Weitou people 圍頭人 the Hau 侯 Tang 鄧 Pang 彭 Liu 廖 and Man 文 these indigenous Punti inhabitants were afforded additional privileges in land ownership enshrined in the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory and the Basic Law of Hong Kong When used to designate a language Punti is equivalent to the Standard Cantonese mainly used in Guangzhou formerly Canton Hong Kong and Macau Punti became a word often used in the legal system of Hong Kong and other official settings when a defendant chooses to use Punti in court he she elects to use Cantonese as the language of the proceedings instead of English Despite the reference to Punti in this context the word means nothing more than Cantonese Chinese as a spoken language particularly Hong Kong dialect there are political and practical reasons for not using the term Cantonese Chinese 2 Modern use of the demonym Punti is promoted by the Hong Kong Museum of History which maintains an extensive collection of Punti artefacts 3 Contents 1 See also 2 References 2 1 Citations 2 2 SourcesSee also EditAgriculture in Hong Kong Agriculture in Macau Cantonese people Hoklo people Punti Hakka Clan Wars Tanka people Small House Policy Weitou dialectReferences EditCitations Edit 香港歷史博物館 Hong Kong Museum of History Global Field Trip Global Field Trip 5 May 2015 Retrieved 17 August 2017 Constable 2005 p 10 Hong Kong Museum of History Hong Kong Traveller Retrieved 17 August 2017 Sources Edit Constable Nicole February 2005 Guest People Hakka Identity in China and Abroad Seattle WA University of Washington Press ISBN 978 0 295 98487 2 英華行篋便覽 Being an English Chinese Vocabulary of Articles of Commerce and of Domestic Use Also All the Known Names Connected with the Sciences of Natural History Chemistry Pharmacy amp c in the Court and Punti Dialects Hong Kong Office of the Daily Press 1864 This Hong Kong related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Punti amp oldid 1126120485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
