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Cantonese and Filipino Speaking countries


Filipino and Cantonese Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
-  
Spanish Language  

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Cantonese and Filipino as Minority Language

In Cantonese and Filipino speaking countries you will get the countries which have Cantonese and Filipino as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.
  • Filipino as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

If you want to compare Cantonese and Filipino dialects, then you can go to Cantonese vs Filipino Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Cantonese and Filipino Regulators

Cantonese and Filipino speaking countries provide you Cantonese and Filipino regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division regulates Cantonese language.Filipino is regulated by Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. Also get to learn, Cantonese and Filipino Language History.

Cantonese and Filipino Continents

Thinking about Cantonese and Filipino continents in which Cantonese and Filipino speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Cantonese and Filipino. Most of the Cantonese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Filipino speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Cantonese and Filipino languages:

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

Filipino Interesting Facts:

The Cantonese language was derived from and is similar to Chinese Language whereas Cantonese language is similar to Tagalog Language and derived from Spanish Language.

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