Cantonese and Indonesian
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Indonesia
National Language
China, Guangdong
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Malay language
Derived From
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Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
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Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Thank You
谢谢
Terima kasih
How Are You?
你好吗？
Apa kabar?
Good Night
晚安
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
晚上好
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
下午好
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
早上好
Selamat Pagi
I Love You
我爱你
Aku cinta kamu
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Sundanese
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Balinese
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Indonesia, Malaysia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
cantonais
indonésien
German Name
Kantonesisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Indonesians
Origin
17th century
7th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Indonesian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
ISO 639 1
No data available
id
ISO 639 3
No data available
ind
Glottocode
cant1236
indo1316
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Cantonese and Indonesian 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 Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Indonesian Speaking population
Cantonese and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Cantonese vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Indonesian Language Codes
Cantonese and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.