Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
China, Guangdong
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
您好
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
谢谢
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
你好吗？
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
晚安
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
晚上好
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
下午好
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
早上好
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Sorry
遗憾
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
我爱你
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
原谅我
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
South Korea
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
South Korea
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
China, North Korea
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
cantonais
coréen
German Name
Kantonesisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Koreans
Origin
17th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Koreanic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Korean Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
ko
ISO 639 3
No data available
Kor
Glottocode
cant1236
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative
All Cantonese and Korean 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 Korean dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Korean language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Korean Dialects are spoken in different Korean speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Korean Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Korean dialects include: Jeju , Gyeongsang. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Korean Speaking population
Cantonese and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Cantonese vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Korean Language Codes
Cantonese and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.