Cantonese and Urdu
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India, Pakistan
National Language
China, Guangdong
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Hawaii
India
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
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Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Evening
晚上好
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
下午好
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
早上好
گڈ مارننگ
I Love You
我爱你
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
原谅我
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Dakhini
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
India
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
India
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
South Asia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Bihari
French Name
cantonais
ourdou
German Name
Kantonesisch
Urdu
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
17th century
12th Century CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Urdu
ISO 639 1
No data available
ur
ISO 639 3
No data available
urd
Glottocode
cant1236
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-q
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional
All Cantonese and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Urdu Speaking population
Cantonese and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Cantonese vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Urdu Language Codes
Cantonese and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.