Portuguese and Cantonese Speaking countries

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Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Portugal

United States of America

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Spanish and Galician Languages

Latin

Hong Kong, Macau

China, Guangdong

Not spoken in any of the countries

Asia

Hawaii

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

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.

Chinese Language

Portuguese vs Cantonese Countries

Comparing Portuguese vs Cantonese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Portuguese and Cantonese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Portuguese is official language is whereas total number of countries where Cantonese is official language is

Find if Portuguese and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Portuguese and Cantonese speaking countries will give you the presence of Portuguese and Cantonese languages in different countries. Along with Portuguese vs Cantonese countries, you can also compare Portuguese vs Cantonese.

Portuguese and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

Portuguese as minority language: .
Cantonese as minority language: .

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

Portuguese and Cantonese Regulators

Portuguese and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Portuguese and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Portuguese language.Cantonese is regulated by . Also get to learn, Portuguese vs Cantonese.

Portuguese and Cantonese Continents

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

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The Portuguese language was derived from and is similar to whereas Portuguese language is similar to and derived from .