Urdu and Cantonese
Countries
India, Pakistan
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Pakistan
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Hawaii
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
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Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
你好吗？
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
晚上好
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
下午好
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
早上好
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
我爱你
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
原谅我
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
India
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Xiguan
Where They Speak
India
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
South Asia
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
اُردُو
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Bihari
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
ourdou
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German Name
Urdu
Not Available
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
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Origin
12th Century CE
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Not Available
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ur
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
urd
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
urd
Not Available
ISO 639 3
urd
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
urdu1245
cant1236
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Urdu 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 Urdu and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Cantonese Speaking population
Urdu and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Cantonese on Urdu vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Cantonese Language Codes
Urdu and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.