1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Guangdong
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
1.7 Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
1.8 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.
- 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
Chinese Language
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
outside mainland China
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
52.00 million52.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
Not Available
Not Available
5.3.5 German Name
Not Available
Not Available
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
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5.5 Ethnicity
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6 History
6.1 Origin
17th century
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
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7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
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7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
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7.3 ISO 639 3
No data available
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
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7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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