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Hindi and Cantonese


Cantonese and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200  
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
您好  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
谢谢  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
你好吗?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
晚安  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
下午好  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
早上好  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
请  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
遗憾  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
再见  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
हिन्दी  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
hindi  
cantonais  

German Name
Hindi  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
7th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
5  
5
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
yue  

ISO 639 3
hin  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
hins  
yue  

Glottocode
hind1269  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Hindi and Cantonese Speaking population

Hindi and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Cantonese on Hindi vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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