Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India
National Language
China, Guangdong
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
谢谢
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
你好吗？
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
晚安
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
晚上好
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
下午好
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
早上好
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Sorry
遗憾
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
再见
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
我爱你
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
原谅我
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Baleswari
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
India
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
India
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Kosli
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
India
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
cantonais
oriya
German Name
Kantonesisch
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Odias
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Odia
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Indian Signing System
Scope
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Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
or
ISO 639 3
No data available
ori
Glottocode
cant1236
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Oriya 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 Oriya dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Oriya language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Oriya Dialects are spoken in different Oriya speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Oriya Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Oriya dialects include: Baleswari , Ganjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Oriya Speaking population
Cantonese and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Cantonese vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Oriya Language Codes
Cantonese and Oriya language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Oriya Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.