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Russian and Cantonese


Cantonese and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
您好  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
晚安  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
下午好  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
早上好  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
请  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
遗憾  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
再见  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
Русский  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
russe  
cantonais  

German Name
Russisch  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
7  
7
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
yue  

ISO 639 3
rus  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
rus  
yue  

Glottocode
russ1263  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Russian and Cantonese Speaking population

Russian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Cantonese on Russian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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