Malaysian and Cantonese Speaking countries

Malaysian

Cantonese

Cantonese and Malaysian Speaking Countries

Countries

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

Hong Kong, Macau

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

Malaysia

China, Guangdong

Second Language

Indonesia

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Thailand

Hawaii

Regulated By

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

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

Interesting Facts

One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.

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

Indonesian Language

Chinese Language

Derived From

Tamil Language

Not Available

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Malaysian and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

Malaysian as minority language: Thailand.
Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Malaysian and Cantonese Regulators

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

Malaysian and Cantonese Continents

Thinking about Malaysian and Cantonese continents in which Malaysian and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Malaysian and Cantonese. Most of the Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Cantonese languages:

Malaysian Interesting Facts:

One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.

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 Malaysian language was derived from Tamil Language and is similar to Indonesian Language whereas Malaysian language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.