Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
alo
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
请
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
scuze
  
Bye
再见
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
Not Available
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Romanians
  
Origin
17th century
  
1521
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Romanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Cantonese and Romanian Speaking population
Cantonese and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Cantonese vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Romanian Language Codes
Cantonese and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.