Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
China, Guangdong
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
谢谢
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
你好吗？
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
晚安
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
晚上好
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
下午好
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
早上好
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Sorry
遗憾
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
I Love You
我爱你
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
原谅我
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Kokan
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Vidarbha
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Khandesh
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
cantonais
marathe
German Name
Kantonesisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Marathi people
Origin
17th century
10th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Marathi
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
ISO 639 1
No data available
mr
ISO 639 3
No data available
mar
Glottocode
cant1236
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-
All Cantonese and Marathi 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 Marathi dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Marathi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Marathi Dialects are spoken in different Marathi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Marathi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani , Varhadi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Marathi Speaking population
Cantonese and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Cantonese vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Marathi Language Codes
Cantonese and Marathi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Marathi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.