Cantonese and Welsh
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Wales
National Language
China, Guangdong
Wales
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Chinese Language
English Language
Derived From
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British Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Sut ydych chi?
Good Evening
晚上好
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
下午好
P'nawn da
Please
请
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
遗憾
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
I Love You
我爱你
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
原谅我
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Argentina
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Gwynedd
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Powys
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Cymraeg
French Name
cantonais
gallois
German Name
Kantonesisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Welsh people
Origin
17th century
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Welsh
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Welsh Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
cy
ISO 639 3
No data available
cym
Glottocode
cant1236
wels1247
Linguasphere
No data available
50-ABA
Language Type
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Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Cantonese and Welsh 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 Welsh dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Welsh language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Welsh Dialects are spoken in different Welsh speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Welsh Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Welsh dialects include: Patagonian Welsh , Y Wyndodeg. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Welsh Speaking population
Cantonese and Welsh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Welsh languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Welsh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 %. 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 Welsh on Cantonese vs Welsh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Welsh Language Codes
Cantonese and Welsh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Welsh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.