Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
China, Guangdong
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Hawaii
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Chinese Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-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？
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
晚安
goede Nacht
Good Evening
晚上好
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
下午好
goedemiddag
Good Morning
早上好
goedemorgen
I Love You
我爱你
Ik hou van jou
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Gronings
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
Not Available
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Not Available
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Dutch people
Origin
17th century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
nl
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
nld
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
dut
ISO 639 3
No data available
nld
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Not Available
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Cantonese and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Dutch Speaking population
Cantonese and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Cantonese vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Dutch Language Codes
Cantonese and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.