Sinhalese and Cantonese Speaking countries

Sinhalese

Cantonese

Cantonese and Sinhalese Speaking Countries

Countries

Sri Lanka

Hong Kong, Macau

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

Sri Lanka

China, Guangdong

Second Language

Sri Lanka

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Hawaii

Regulated By

Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)

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

Interesting Facts

In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

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

Maldivian Language

Chinese Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language

Not Available

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Sinhalese and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

Sinhalese as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Sinhalese and Cantonese Regulators

Sinhalese and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Sinhalese and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල) regulates Sinhalese language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Sinhalese and Cantonese Language History.

Sinhalese and Cantonese Continents

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

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

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 Sinhalese language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Maldivian Language whereas Sinhalese language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.