Cantonese and Tagalog
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Philippines
National Language
China, Guangdong
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Chinese Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
晚安
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
晚上好
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
下午好
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
早上好
Magandang umaga po
I Love You
我爱你
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
原谅我
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Batangas, Gabon
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Philippines
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Filipino
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Philippines
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
cantonais
tagalog
German Name
Kantonesisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Tagalog people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Filipino
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Tagalog
ISO 639 1
No data available
t1
ISO 639 3
No data available
tg1
Glottocode
cant1236
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CKA
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Tagalog 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 Tagalog dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Tagalog language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Tagalog Dialects are spoken in different Tagalog speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Tagalog Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Tagalog dialects include: Batangas Tagalog , Bisalog. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Tagalog Speaking population
Cantonese and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Cantonese vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Tagalog Language Codes
Cantonese and Tagalog language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Tagalog Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.