Cantonese and Filipino
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Philippines
National Language
China, Guangdong
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Not Available
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
How Are You?
你好吗？
Kumusta
Good Night
晚安
magandang gabi
Good Evening
晚上好
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
下午好
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
早上好
Magandang umaga
I Love You
我爱你
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
原谅我
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Bikol
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Philippines
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Waray
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
filipino
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Pilipino
French Name
Not Available
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Not Available
Pilipino
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
17th century
16th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Filipino
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No Data Available
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
fil
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
fil
ISO 639 3
No data available
fil
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
fili1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No Data Available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Cantonese and Filipino 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 Filipino dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Filipino language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Filipino Dialects are spoken in different Filipino speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Filipino Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Filipino dialects include: Bikol , Hiligaynon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Filipino Speaking population
Cantonese and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino 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 Filipino on Cantonese vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Filipino Language Codes
Cantonese and Filipino language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Filipino Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.