Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Armenian Highland
National Language
China, Guangdong
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Greek
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
你好吗？
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
晚安
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
晚上好
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
下午好
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
早上好
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
请
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
遗憾
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
我爱你
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
原谅我
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
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Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
cantonais
arménien
German Name
Kantonesisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Armenians
Origin
17th century
late 5th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Armenian
ISO 639 1
No data available
hy
ISO 639 3
No data available
hye
Glottocode
cant1236
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Cantonese and Armenian 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 Armenian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Armenian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Armenian Dialects are spoken in different Armenian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Armenian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Armenian dialects include: Eastern Armenian , Western Armenian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Armenian Speaking population
Cantonese and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. 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 Armenian on Cantonese vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Armenian Language Codes
Cantonese and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.