Cantonese and Slovene
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
European Union, Slovenia
National Language
China, Guangdong
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Serbo-Croatian
Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.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？
Kako se imate?
Good Evening
晚上好
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
下午好
Dober dan
Good Morning
早上好
Dobro jutro
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Hungary, Slovenia
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Italy
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Styrian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Slovenia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
cantonais
slovène
German Name
Kantonesisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Slovenes
Origin
17th century
972-1093
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Slovene
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Slovene Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
sl
ISO 639 3
No data available
slv
Glottocode
cant1236
slov1268
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-f
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Cantonese and Slovene 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 Slovene dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Slovene language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Slovene Dialects are spoken in different Slovene speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Slovene Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene , Resian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Slovene Speaking population
Cantonese and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 %. 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 Slovene on Cantonese vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Slovene Language Codes
Cantonese and Slovene language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Slovene Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.