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Cantonese Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Irish
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
10
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好
3.2 Thank You
谢谢
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗?
3.4 Good Night
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
早上好
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
遗憾
3.10 Bye
再见
3.11 I Love You
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Guangzhou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Xiguan
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
52.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
Not Available
5.3.5 German Name
Not Available
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
7.3 ISO 639 3
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

Origin of Cantonese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Cantonese language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Cantonese language states that it was put to use in 17th century. The history of Cantonese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Cantonese Language History. Cantonese has no early forms. Standard Cantonese is the standard form of Cantonese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Cantonese Language.

Cantonese population

Cantonese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Cantonese language. Cantonese language is spoken by 60.00 million people in the world. Most of the Cantonese population lies in the Cantonese Speaking Countries. Cantonese language is spoken as first language by 52.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Cantonese as second language. Get to know Cantonese speaking population in detail.

Cantonese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Cantonese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Cantonese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Chinese Characters and derivatives script is used by Cantonese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Cantonese language

Check out all the information about Cantonese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Cantonese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Cantonese Speaking Countries, Cantonese speaking continents and Cantonese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Cantonese countries knowing common Cantonese Greetings will help you in communicating with Cantonese people.