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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
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
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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33
Rank: 2 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
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
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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
Not Available
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
28
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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7
Rank: 6 (Overall)
10
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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6 weeks
Rank: 3 (Overall)
88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
您好
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
谢谢
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
你好吗?
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
早上好
3.8 Please
Please
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
遗憾
3.10 Bye
Bye
再见
3.11 I Love You
I love you
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Guangzhou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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225,000,000.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Xiguan
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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4,500,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Hong Kong
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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2,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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188
Rank: 34 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
1,200.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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5.43 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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400.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
52.00 million
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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400.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
English
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
Not Available
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Not Available
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
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6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
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6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 3 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
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6.4 Scope
Individual
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
Not Available
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
Not Available
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Cantonese Alphabets

English and Cantonese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Cantonese. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn English and Cantonese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Cantonese languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Cantonese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages.

All English and Cantonese 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 English and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of English and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Cantonese Speaking population

English and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 English and Cantonese on English vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Cantonese Language Codes

English and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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