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Cantonese and Burmese Speaking countries


Burmese and Cantonese Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Mon   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Myanmar Language Commission   

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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali Language   

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Cantonese and Burmese as Minority Language

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

  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.
  • Burmese as minority language: Mon.

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

Cantonese and Burmese Regulators

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

Cantonese and Burmese Continents

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

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

Burmese Interesting Facts:

The Cantonese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Chinese Language whereas Cantonese language is similar to Thai Language and derived from Pali Language.

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