Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
European Union, Malta
National Language
China, Guangdong
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
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Roman Languages