Cantonese and Japanese
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Japan
National Language
China, Guangdong
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Hawaii
Palau
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
您好
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
谢谢
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
你好吗？
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
晚安
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
晚上好
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
下午好
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
早上好
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
请
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
遗憾
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
I Love You
我爱你
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
原谅我
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Sanuki
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Kansai
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
kansai
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
日本語
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Not Available
French Name
Not Available
japonais
German Name
Not Available
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ja
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
jpn
ISO 639 3
No data available
jpn
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
cant1236
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Cantonese and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Japanese Speaking population
Cantonese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Cantonese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Japanese Language Codes
Cantonese and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.