Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Hawaii
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Come stai?
你好吗？
Good Evening
buonasera
晚上好
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
下午好
Good Morning
buongiorno
早上好
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Lazio
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tuscan
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Italiano
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
italien
Not Available
German Name
Italienisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Italians
Not Available
Origin
960 BC
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
it
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
ita
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
ita
Not Available
ISO 639 3
ita
No data available
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
cant1236
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Italian and Cantonese 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 Italian and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Cantonese language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Italian vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Italian and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.