Cantonese and Somali Speaking countries

Cantonese

Somali

Somali and Cantonese Speaking Countries

Countries

Hong Kong, Macau

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

China, Guangdong

Somalia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Hawaii

Yemen

Regulated By

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

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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.

Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Chinese Language

Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Not Available

Arabic Language

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Cantonese and Somali as Minority Language

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

Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.
Somali as minority language: Yemen.

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

Cantonese and Somali Regulators

Cantonese and Somali speaking countries provide you Cantonese and Somali regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division regulates Cantonese language.Somali is regulated by National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy. Also get to learn, Cantonese and Somali Language History.

Cantonese and Somali Continents

Thinking about Cantonese and Somali continents in which Cantonese and Somali speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Cantonese and Somali. Most of the Cantonese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Somali speaking countries lie in Africa, Middle East. 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 Somali languages:

Cantonese 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.

Somali Interesting Facts:

Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

The Cantonese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Chinese Language whereas Cantonese language is similar to Afar and Oromo Language and derived from Arabic Language.