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Cantonese and Polish


Polish and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

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
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
cześć   

Thank You
谢谢   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
晚安   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
晚上好   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
早上好   
Dzień dobry   

Please
请   
proszę   

Sorry
遗憾   
Przepraszam   

Bye
再见   
do widzenia   

I Love You
我爱你   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
Not Available   
polonais   

German Name
Not Available   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Poles   

History

Origin
17th century   
1270   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Not Available   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
pol   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
cant1236   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-cc   

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

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Cantonese and Polish Speaking population

Cantonese and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Polish on Cantonese vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Polish Language Codes

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