Bengali and Cantonese Speaking countries

Bengali

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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Hong Kong, Macau

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

0 46

1.3 National Language

Bangladesh, India

China, Guangdong

1.4 Second Language

India

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

Hawaii

1.7 Regulated By

Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

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

1.8 Interesting Facts

Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali 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.

1.9 Similar To

Assamese and Oriya

Chinese Language

1.10 Derived From

Sanskrit Language

Not Available

Bengali vs Cantonese Countries

Comparing Bengali vs Cantonese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Bengali and Cantonese languages.

Bengali Speaking Countries: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone.
Cantonese Speaking Countries: Hong Kong, Macau.

So we find that, total number of countries where Bengali is official language is 4 whereas total number of countries where Cantonese is official language is 2

Find if Bengali and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Bengali and Cantonese speaking countries will give you the presence of Bengali and Cantonese languages in different countries. Along with Bengali vs Cantonese countries, you can also compare Bengali vs Cantonese.

Bengali and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

Bengali as minority language: Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Bengali and Cantonese Regulators

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

Bengali and Cantonese Continents

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

Bengali Interesting Facts:

Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali 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 Bengali language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Assamese and Oriya whereas Bengali language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.