Cantonese and Sundanese
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
West Java
National Language
China, Guangdong
Indonesia
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
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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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Alphabets in
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Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
晚安
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
晚上好
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
下午好
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
早上好
Wilujeng énjing
I Love You
我爱你
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Western dialect
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Banten
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bogor
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bandung
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
cantonais
soundanais
German Name
Kantonesisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
17th century
5th century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Sundanese
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Sundanese Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
su
ISO 639 3
No data available
sun
Glottocode
cant1236
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Sundanese 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 Sundanese dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Sundanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Sundanese Dialects are spoken in different Sundanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Sundanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Sundanese dialects include: Western dialect , Northern dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Sundanese Speaking population
Cantonese and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Cantonese vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Sundanese Language Codes
Cantonese and Sundanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Sundanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.