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Cantonese and Italian


Italian and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
16   
6

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
您好   
ciao   

Thank You
谢谢   
grazie   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
晚安   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
晚上好   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
早上好   
buongiorno   

Please
请   
Per Favore   

Sorry
遗憾   
scusate   

Bye
再见   
arrivederci   

I Love You
我爱你   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Italiano   

French Name
Not Available   
italien   

German Name
Not Available   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Italians   

History

Origin
17th century   
960 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ita   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
cant1236   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Cantonese and Italian Speaking population

Cantonese and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Cantonese vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Italian Language Codes

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