Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
China, Guangdong
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2851
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2040
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
102
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
谢谢
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
你好吗?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
晚安
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
晚上好
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
下午好
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
早上好
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
请
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
遗憾
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
再见
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
我爱你
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
原谅我
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Chakma
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Xiguan
Hajong
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
India
How Many People Speak
70,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
325
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
52.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
71.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
cantonais
bengali
German Name
Kantonesisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
17th century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Bengali
Language Position
14
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Bengali
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yue
ben
ISO 639 2/B
yue
ben
ISO 639 3
No data available
ben
ISO 639 6
yue
ben
Glottocode
cant1236
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-