Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
China, Guangdong
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Armenian
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
谢谢
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
你好吗？
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
晚安
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
晚上好
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
下午好
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
早上好
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
请
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
遗憾
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
我爱你
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
原谅我
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Greece
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Italy
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Ukraine
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
cantonais
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Kantonesisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
17th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Greek Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
el
ISO 639 3
No data available
ell
Glottocode
cant1236
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
All Cantonese and Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Greek Speaking population
Cantonese and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Cantonese vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Greek Language Codes
Cantonese and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.