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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
233
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
China, Guangdong
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Hawaii
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Not Available
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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2826
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
85
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2021
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
107
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks6 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好
Hello
3.2 Thank You
谢谢
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗?
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
晚安
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
早上好
Good Morning
3.8 Please
Please
3.9 Sorry
遗憾
Sorry
3.10 Bye
再见
Bye
3.11 I Love You
我爱你
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
原谅我
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Guangzhou
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
outside mainland China
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA225,000,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Xiguan
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
3188
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1,200.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
16.00 %5.43 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
52.00 million400.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA400.00 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
Not Available
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Not Available
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
17th century
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
NA3
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
6.4 Scope
Not Available
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
No data available
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
cant1236
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Not Available
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Cantonese and English Alphabets

Cantonese and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Cantonese and English. In Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Cantonese and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Cantonese and English languages. The Cantonese phonology consist Cantonese vowels and Cantonese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Cantonese greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Cantonese and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Cantonese and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Cantonese and English Speaking population

Cantonese and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and English languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Cantonese vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and English Language Codes

Cantonese and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.