Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
26
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National Language
China, Guangdong
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Hawaii
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Chinese Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
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