Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Guangdong
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2821
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2020
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
103
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好
Salama!
Thank You
谢谢
Misaotra
How Are You?
你好吗？
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
晚安
Alina tsara
Good Evening
晚上好
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
下午好
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
早上好
Maraina tsara
Please
请
azafady
Sorry
遗憾
Miala tsiny
Bye
再见
Veloma!
I Love You
我爱你
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
原谅我
Azafady
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Merina
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Xiguan
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
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How Many People Speak
70,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
32
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
52.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
71.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
cantonais
malgache
German Name
Kantonesisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Malagasy people
Origin
17th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
standard Malagasy
Language Position
184
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yue
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
yue
mlg
ISO 639 3
No data available
mlg
ISO 639 6
yue
mlg
Glottocode
cant1236
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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