Cantonese and Portuguese Speaking countries

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Hong Kong, Macau

China, Guangdong

Not spoken in any of the countries

Asia

Hawaii

Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division

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.

Chinese Language

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Spanish and Galician Languages

Latin

Cantonese vs Portuguese Countries

Comparing Cantonese vs Portuguese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Cantonese and Portuguese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Cantonese is official language is whereas total number of countries where Portuguese is official language is

Find if Cantonese and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Cantonese and Portuguese speaking countries will give you the presence of Cantonese and Portuguese languages in different countries. Along with Cantonese vs Portuguese countries, you can also compare Cantonese vs Portuguese.

Cantonese and Portuguese as Minority Language

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

Cantonese as minority language: .
Portuguese as minority language: .

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

Cantonese and Portuguese Regulators

Cantonese and Portuguese speaking countries provide you Cantonese and Portuguese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Cantonese language.Portuguese is regulated by . Also get to learn, Cantonese vs Portuguese.

Cantonese and Portuguese Continents

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

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Portuguese Interesting Facts:

The Cantonese language was derived from and is similar to whereas Cantonese language is similar to and derived from .