Tamil and Cantonese Speaking countries

Tamil

Cantonese

Cantonese and Tamil Speaking Countries

Countries

Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Hong Kong, Macau

Total No. Of Countries

National Language

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

China, Guangdong

Second Language

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Hawaii

Regulated By

Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

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

Interesting Facts

Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

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

Malayalam

Chinese Language

Derived From

Not Available

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Tamil and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

Tamil as minority language: Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles.
Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Tamil and Cantonese Regulators

Tamil and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Tamil and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University regulates Tamil language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Tamil and Cantonese Language History.

Tamil and Cantonese Continents

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

Tamil Interesting Facts:

Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

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 Tamil language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Malayalam whereas Tamil language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.