Finnish and Cantonese Speaking countries
Countries
European Union, Finland
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Hawaii
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Finnish and Cantonese as Minority Language
In Finnish and Cantonese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Cantonese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
- Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.
If you want to compare Finnish and Cantonese dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Cantonese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Finnish and Cantonese Regulators
Finnish and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Finnish and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Finnish and Cantonese Language History.
Finnish and Cantonese Continents
Thinking about Finnish and Cantonese continents in which Finnish and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Cantonese. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. 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 Finnish and Cantonese languages:
Finnish Interesting Facts:
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
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 Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.