Cantonese and Basque
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
China, Guangdong
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Spanish
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
Thank You
谢谢
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
你好吗？
Zer moduz?
Good Evening
晚上好
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
下午好
Arratsalde on
I Love You
我爱你
Maite zaitut
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
France
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Souletin
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Spain
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Not available
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
Not Available
basque
German Name
Not Available
Baskisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Basque people
Origin
17th century
c. 1000
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Basque
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Not Available
ISO 639 1
No data available
eu
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
eus
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
baq
ISO 639 3
No data available
eus
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
cant1236
basq1248
Linguasphere
No data available
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
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Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Cantonese and Basque 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 Basque dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Basque Speaking population
Cantonese and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque 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 Basque on Cantonese vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Basque Language Codes
Cantonese and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.