Cantonese and Hindi
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Fiji, India
National Language
China, Guangdong
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Urdu
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
谢谢
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
你好吗？
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
晚安
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
晚上好
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
下午好
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
早上好
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
I Love You
我爱你
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
原谅我
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Khariboli
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
Not Available
hindi
German Name
Not Available
Hindi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Hindustani people
Origin
17th century
7th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Hindi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
hi
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
hin
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
hin
ISO 639 3
No data available
hin
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
cant1236
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Cantonese and Hindi 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 Hindi dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Hindi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Hindi Dialects are spoken in different Hindi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Hindi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Hindi dialects include: Khariboli , Marwari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Hindi Speaking population
Cantonese and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Cantonese vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Hindi Language Codes
Cantonese and Hindi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Hindi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.