Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
China, Guangdong
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Not Available
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Not Available
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
您好
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
谢谢
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
你好吗？
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
晚安
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
晚上好
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
下午好
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
早上好
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Bye
再见
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
我爱你
Not available
Excuse Me
原谅我
Not available
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Abkhazia
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Caucasus
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Turkey
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
Not Available
abkhaze
German Name
Not Available
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Abkhaz people
Origin
17th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ab
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
abk
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
abk
ISO 639 3
No data available
abk
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
cant1236
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Not Available
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Cantonese and Abkhaz 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 Cantonese and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Abkhaz Speaking population
Cantonese and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. 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 Cantonese and Abkhaz on Cantonese vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Abkhaz Language Codes
Cantonese and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.