Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
China, Guangdong
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Chinese Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Italian-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？
Come stai?
Good Evening
晚上好
buonasera
Good Afternoon
下午好
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
早上好
buongiorno
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Romanesco
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Lazio
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Italiano
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Italiano
French Name
cantonais
italien
German Name
Kantonesisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Italians
Origin
17th century
960 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Italian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
ISO 639 1
No data available
it
ISO 639 3
No data available
ita
Glottocode
cant1236
ital1282
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-q
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
All Cantonese and Italian 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 Italian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Italian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Italian Dialects are spoken in different Italian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Italian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Italian dialects include: Romanesco , Central Italian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Italian Speaking population
Cantonese and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Cantonese vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Italian Language Codes
Cantonese and Italian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Italian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.