Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
China, Guangdong
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Romanian
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
你好吗？
Si jeni?
Good Night
晚安
natën e mirë
Good Evening
晚上好
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
下午好
mirëdita
Good Morning
早上好
mirëmengjes
I Love You
我爱你
unë e dua ju
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Italy
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Shqip
French Name
cantonais
albanais
German Name
Kantonesisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Albanians
Origin
17th century
1462 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Albanian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
ISO 639 1
No data available
sq
ISO 639 3
No data available
sqi
Glottocode
cant1236
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
All Cantonese and Albanian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Albanian Speaking population
Cantonese and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Albanian on Cantonese vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Albanian Language Codes
Cantonese and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.