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Cantonese and Indonesian Speaking countries


Indonesian and Cantonese Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

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Cantonese and Indonesian as Minority Language

In Cantonese and Indonesian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Cantonese and Indonesian 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.
  • Indonesian as minority language: Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands.

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

Cantonese and Indonesian Regulators

Cantonese and Indonesian speaking countries provide you Cantonese and Indonesian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division regulates Cantonese language.Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Also get to learn, Cantonese and Indonesian Language History.

Cantonese and Indonesian Continents

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

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

Indonesian Interesting Facts:

The Cantonese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Chinese Language whereas Cantonese language is similar to Malay language and derived from Malay and Dutch Languages.

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