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Luri and Cantonese


Cantonese and Luri


Countries

Countries
Iran  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Iran  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
-  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  
  • 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
Persian  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
45  
25
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
40  
29
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks  
7
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
hello  
您好  

Thank You
Thank you  
谢谢  

How Are You?
how are you  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Good night  
晚安  

Good Evening
Good evening  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
下午好  

Good Morning
Good morning  
早上好  

Please
Please  
请  

Sorry
sorry  
遗憾  

Bye
bye  
再见  

I Love You
i love you  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
excuse me  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Feyli lurish  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Bakhtiari  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Iran  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Laki  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Iran  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.00 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
0.00 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
89.00 million  
10
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
nanme  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
louri  
cantonais  

German Name
-  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Lurs  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
19 BC  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
gd  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
gd  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
23  
21
1  
1

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
-  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
12  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lrc  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
lrc  
yue  

ISO 639 3
12  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
lrc  
yue  

Glottocode
12  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Luri and Cantonese Speaking population

Luri and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Luri and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Luri and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 % 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 Luri and Cantonese on Luri vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Luri and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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