Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
National Language
China, Guangdong
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Hawaii
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
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Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Danish-Alphabets.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？
Hvordan har du det?
Good Evening
晚上好
God aften
Good Afternoon
下午好
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
早上好
God morgen
I Love You
我爱你
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
原谅我
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Scanian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Sweden
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Denmark
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Island of Bornholm
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
dansk
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
cantonais
danois
German Name
Kantonesisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Danish people or Danes
Origin
17th century
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Rigsdansk
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Danish
ISO 639 1
No data available
da
ISO 639 3
No data available
dan
Glottocode
cant1236
dani1284
Linguasphere
No data available
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Cantonese and Danish 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 Danish dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Danish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Danish Dialects are spoken in different Danish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Danish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Danish dialects include: Scanian , Jutlandic. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Danish Speaking population
Cantonese and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Cantonese vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Danish Language Codes
Cantonese and Danish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Danish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.