Languages of Hong Kong

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Languages of Hong Kong
English and Chinese signage on Queen's Road
Official	English and Chinese
Main	Yue Chinese (Cantonese)
Vernacular	Hong Kong Cantonese, Hong Kong English
Minority	Hakka, Southern Min, Mandarin, Taishanese, Shanghainese
Immigrant	Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Punjabi
Foreign	French, German
Signed	Hong Kong Sign Language
Keyboard layout	QWERTY, Cangjie, Dayi, Bopomofo

During the British colonial era, English was the sole official language until 1978. Today, the Basic Law of Hong Kong states that English and Chinese are the two official languages of Hong Kong.^[1] All roads and government signs are bilingual, and both languages are used in academia, business and the courts, as well as in most government materials today.