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Cantonese and Spanish


Spanish and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
French Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
您好  
hola  

Thank You
谢谢  
Gracias  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
晚安  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
早上好  
Buenos Días  

Please
请  
Por Favor  

Sorry
遗憾  
triste  

Bye
再见  
adiós  

I Love You
我爱你  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00  
13
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00  
11
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
70,000,000.00  
10
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
71.00 million  
15
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
Español  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
cantonais  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Kantonesisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Han Chinese  
Spanish people  

History

Origin
17th century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
1  
1
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yue  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
yue  
spa  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
spa  

ISO 639 6
yue  
spa  

Glottocode
cant1236  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Cantonese and Spanish 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 Spanish dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Spanish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Spanish Dialects are spoken in different Spanish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Spanish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish , Cuban Spanish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Spanish Speaking population

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Cantonese and Spanish Language Codes

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