Somali and Cantonese Speaking countries

Somali

Cantonese

Cantonese and Somali Speaking Countries

Countries

Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Hong Kong, Macau

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

Somalia

China, Guangdong

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Middle East

Asia

Minority Language

Yemen

Hawaii

Regulated By

National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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

Interesting Facts

Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

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

Afar and Oromo Language

Chinese Language

Derived From

Arabic Language

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Somali and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

Somali as minority language: Yemen.
Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Somali and Cantonese Regulators

Somali and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Somali and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy regulates Somali language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Somali and Cantonese Language History.

Somali and Cantonese Continents

Thinking about Somali and Cantonese continents in which Somali and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Somali and Cantonese. Most of the Somali speaking countries lie in Africa, Middle East. 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 Somali and Cantonese languages:

Somali Interesting Facts:

Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

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 Somali language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Afar and Oromo Language whereas Somali language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.