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Cantonese and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

National Language
Spain  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
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
24 weeks  
6
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
hola  
您好  

Thank You
Gracias  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
晚安  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
下午好  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
早上好  

Please
Por Favor  
请  

Sorry
triste  
遗憾  

Bye
adiós  
再见  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
Español  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
cantonais  

German Name
Spanisch  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
210 BC  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
2  
2
1  
1

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
yue  

ISO 639 3
spa  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
spa  
yue  

Glottocode
stan1288  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Spanish and Cantonese Speaking population

Spanish and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Cantonese on Spanish vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Cantonese Language Codes

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