Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
National Language
China, Guangdong
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
Com estàs?
Good Evening
晚上好
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
下午好
Bona tarda
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
France, Portugal, Spain
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Valencian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Spain
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Spain
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
català
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
cantonais
catalan; valencien
German Name
Kantonesisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Catalan people
Origin
17th century
c. 1028
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Catalan
ISO 639 1
No data available
ca
ISO 639 3
No data available
cat
Glottocode
cant1236
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-e
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Catalan 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 Catalan dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Catalan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Catalan Dialects are spoken in different Catalan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Catalan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Catalan dialects include: Caló , Valencian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Catalan Speaking population
Cantonese and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 %. 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 Catalan on Cantonese vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Catalan Language Codes
Cantonese and Catalan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Catalan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.