Malaysian and Cantonese
Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Malaysia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
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
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Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
terima kasih
谢谢
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
你好吗？
Good Night
Selamat Malam
晚安
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
下午好
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
早上好
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
我爱你
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
原谅我
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Hong Kong
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
malais
cantonais
German Name
Malaiisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Han Chinese
Origin
c. 683 AD
17th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
ms
No data available
ISO 639 3
zsm
No data available
Glottocode
stan1306
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Cantonese Speaking population
Malaysian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Cantonese on Malaysian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Cantonese Language Codes
Malaysian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.