Cantonese and Konkani Speaking countries

Cantonese and Konkani as Minority Language

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

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

Cantonese and Konkani Regulators

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

Cantonese and Konkani Continents

Thinking about Cantonese and Konkani continents in which Cantonese and Konkani speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Cantonese and Konkani. Most of the Cantonese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Konkani 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 Konkani languages:

Cantonese 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.

Konkani Interesting Facts:

• Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
• Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.

The Cantonese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Chinese Language whereas Cantonese language is similar to Marathi and derived from Sanskrit Language.