Cantonese and Swahili Speaking countries

Cantonese

Swahili

Swahili and Cantonese Speaking Countries

Countries

Hong Kong, Macau

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

China, Guangdong

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Africa

Minority Language

Hawaii

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.

Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Chinese Language

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

Not Available

Arabic Language

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Cantonese and Swahili as Minority Language

In Cantonese and Swahili speaking countries you will get the countries which have Cantonese and Swahili 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.
Swahili as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

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

Cantonese and Swahili Regulators

Cantonese and Swahili speaking countries provide you Cantonese and Swahili regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division regulates Cantonese language.Swahili is regulated by Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya). Also get to learn, Cantonese and Swahili Language History.

Cantonese and Swahili Continents

Thinking about Cantonese and Swahili continents in which Cantonese and Swahili speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Cantonese and Swahili. Most of the Cantonese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Swahili speaking countries lie in Africa. 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 Swahili 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.

Swahili Interesting Facts:

Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

The Cantonese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Chinese Language whereas Cantonese language is similar to Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages and derived from Arabic Language.