Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India, Pakistan
National Language
China, Guangdong
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
谢谢
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
你好吗？
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
晚安
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
晚上好
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
下午好
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
早上好
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
请
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
遗憾
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
再见
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
我爱你
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
原谅我
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Pothohari
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Pakistan
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Doabi
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
cantonais
pendjabi
German Name
Kantonesisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Punjabis
Origin
17th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Punjabi
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Indian Signing System (ISS)
ISO 639 1
No data available
pa
ISO 639 3
No data available
pan
Glottocode
cant1236
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Cantonese and Punjabi 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 Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Punjabi Speaking population
Cantonese and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Cantonese vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Punjabi Language Codes
Cantonese and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.