Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
National Language
China, Guangdong
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Chinese Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Alphabets in
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Romanian.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
ce mai faci?
Good Night
晚安
noapte Buna
Good Evening
晚上好
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
下午好
buna Ziua
Good Morning
早上好
bună Dimineața
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Aromanian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Croatia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Română
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
cantonais
roumain; moldave
German Name
Kantonesisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Romanians
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Romanian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Romanian Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
ro
ISO 639 3
No data available
ron
Glottocode
cant1236
roma1327
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAD-c
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
All Cantonese and Romanian 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 Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Romanian Speaking population
Cantonese and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Cantonese vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Romanian Language Codes
Cantonese and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.