Cantonese and Sindhi
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India, Pakistan
National Language
China, Guangdong
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Gujarati
Derived From
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Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
您好
Assalam O Alaikum
How Are You?
你好吗？
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
晚安
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
晚上好
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
下午好
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
早上好
Subho Bakhair
Sorry
遗憾
Moon khe afsos aahe
I Love You
我爱你
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Siraiki
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Upper Sindh
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Central Sindh
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Lower Sindh
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Sindhi
French Name
cantonais
sindhi
German Name
Kantonesisch
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Sindhi people
Origin
17th century
711 A.D
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Sindhi
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Sindhi
ISO 639 1
No data available
sd
ISO 639 3
No data available
snd
Glottocode
cant1236
sind1272
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 Sindhi 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 Sindhi dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Sindhi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Sindhi Dialects are spoken in different Sindhi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Sindhi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki , Vicholi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Sindhi Speaking population
Cantonese and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Cantonese vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Sindhi Language Codes
Cantonese and Sindhi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Sindhi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.