Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
China, Guangdong
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Hawaii
South Africa
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Chinese Language
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
你好吗？
How are you?
Good Evening
晚上好
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
下午好
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
早上好
Good Morning
I Love You
我爱你
I love you
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
American English
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
English
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
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French Name
Not Available
anglais
German Name
Not Available
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Not Available
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Origin
17th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
en
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
eng
ISO 639 2/B
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eng
ISO 639 3
No data available
eng
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
cant1236
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Cantonese and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cantonese and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and English language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs English Difficulty
The Cantonese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cantonese and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.