Cantonese and Amharic
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
China, Guangdong
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
你好吗？
Dehina newot?
Good Evening
晚上好
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
下午好
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
早上好
i'ndemin adäru
I Love You
我爱你
afekirishalehu
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Gondar
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Gondar
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Showa
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Ethiopia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
cantonais
amharique
German Name
Kantonesisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Amharas
Origin
17th century
13th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Amharic
ISO 639 1
No data available
am
ISO 639 3
No data available
amh
Glottocode
cant1236
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Cantonese and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Amharic Speaking population
Cantonese and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Cantonese vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Amharic Language Codes
Cantonese and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.