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Sundanese and Cantonese


Cantonese and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
-  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
  • 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
Madurese and Malay Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese  
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
40 weeks  
15
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
您好  

Thank You
Nuhun  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Wilujeng kulem  
晚安  

Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang  
下午好  

Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing  
早上好  

Please
Mangga  
请  

Sorry
Hapunten  
遗憾  

Bye
Wilujeng angkat  
再见  

I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Punten  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Banten  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
18
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
16
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
15
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
Basa Sunda  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
soundanais  
cantonais  

German Name
Sundanesisch  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
5th century AD  
17th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sundanese  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
42  
39
1  
1

Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
su  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sun  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
sun  
yue  

ISO 639 3
sun  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
sun  
yue  

Glottocode
sund1251  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Sundanese and Cantonese Speaking population

Sundanese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % 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 Sundanese and Cantonese on Sundanese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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