Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Total No. Of Countries
26
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National Language
China, Guangdong
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
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.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Malayalam
Derived From
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