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Cantonese and Malaysian Speaking countries


Malaysian and Cantonese Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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 politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

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Cantonese and Malaysian as Minority Language

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

  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.
  • Malaysian as minority language: Thailand.

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

Cantonese and Malaysian Regulators

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

Cantonese and Malaysian Continents

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

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

Malaysian Interesting Facts:

The Cantonese language was derived from and is similar to Chinese Language whereas Cantonese language is similar to Indonesian Language and derived from Tamil Language.

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