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Cantonese and Malaysian


Malaysian and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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 politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
24   
14

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Hai   

Thank You
谢谢   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
晚安   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
早上好   
Selamat pagi   

Please
请   
sila   

Sorry
遗憾   
maaf   

Bye
再见   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
我爱你   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Not Available   

French Name
Not Available   
malais   

German Name
Not Available   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
may   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Cantonese and Malaysian Speaking population

Cantonese and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Cantonese vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Malaysian Language Codes

Cantonese and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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