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Cantonese and Greek Speaking countries


Greek and Cantonese Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

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Cantonese and Greek as Minority Language

In Cantonese and Greek speaking countries you will get the countries which have Cantonese and Greek 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.
  • Greek as minority language: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine.

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

Cantonese and Greek Regulators

Cantonese and Greek speaking countries provide you Cantonese and Greek regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division regulates Cantonese language.Greek is regulated by Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας). Also get to learn, Cantonese and Greek Language History.

Cantonese and Greek Continents

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

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

Greek Interesting Facts:

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

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