Filipino and Cantonese Speaking countries

Filipino

Cantonese

Cantonese and Filipino Speaking Countries

Countries

Philippines

Hong Kong, Macau

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

Philippines

China, Guangdong

Second Language

Philippines

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Hawaii

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino

Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division

Interesting Facts

"Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
"Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

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.

Similar To

Tagalog Language

Chinese Language

Derived From

Spanish Language

Not Available

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Filipino and Cantonese as Minority Language

In Filipino and Cantonese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Filipino and Cantonese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

Filipino as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

If you want to compare Filipino and Cantonese dialects, then you can go to Filipino vs Cantonese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Filipino and Cantonese Regulators

Filipino and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Filipino and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino regulates Filipino language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Filipino and Cantonese Language History.

Filipino and Cantonese Continents

Thinking about Filipino and Cantonese continents in which Filipino and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Filipino and Cantonese. Most of the Filipino speaking countries lie in Asia. While Cantonese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Filipino and Cantonese languages:

Filipino Interesting Facts:

"Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
"Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.

Cantonese 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.

The Filipino language was derived from Spanish Language and is similar to Tagalog Language whereas Filipino language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.