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Cantonese and Esperanto


Esperanto and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
China, Guangdong   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
28   
10
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
27   
17

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Halo   

Thank You
谢谢   
Dankon   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
晚安   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
早上好   
Bonan matenon   

Please
请   
Mi petas   

Sorry
遗憾   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
再见   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
我爱你   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Not present   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Not present   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
2.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
Not Available   
espéranto   

German Name
Not Available   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th century   
1887   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Esperanto   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signuno   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
epo   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
epo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Cantonese and Esperanto Speaking population

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

Cantonese and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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