Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India, Karnataka, India
National Language
China, Guangdong
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Telugu
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
你好吗？
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
晚安
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
晚上好
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
下午好
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
早上好
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
请
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
遗憾
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
I Love You
我爱你
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
原谅我
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Badaga
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
kerala
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
cantonais
kannada
German Name
Kantonesisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Kannadiga
Origin
17th century
c. 450
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Kannada
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
ISO 639 1
No data available
kn
ISO 639 3
No data available
kan
Glottocode
cant1236
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Kannada 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 Kannada dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Kannada language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Kannada Dialects are spoken in different Kannada speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Kannada Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Kannada dialects include: Badaga , Urali. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Kannada Speaking population
Cantonese and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Cantonese vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Kannada Language Codes
Cantonese and Kannada language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Kannada Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.