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Cantonese and Russian Speaking countries


Russian and Cantonese Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

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Cantonese and Russian as Minority Language

In Cantonese and Russian speaking countries you will get the countries which have Cantonese and Russian as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.
  • Russian as minority language: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

If you want to compare Cantonese and Russian dialects, then you can go to Cantonese vs Russian Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Cantonese and Russian Regulators

Cantonese and Russian speaking countries provide you Cantonese and Russian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division regulates Cantonese language.Russian is regulated by Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Also get to learn, Cantonese and Russian Language History.

Cantonese and Russian Continents

Thinking about Cantonese and Russian continents in which Cantonese and Russian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Cantonese and Russian. Most of the Cantonese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Russian speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Cantonese and Russian languages:

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

Russian Interesting Facts:

The Cantonese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Chinese Language whereas Cantonese language is similar to Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages and derived from Proto-Slavic Vocabulary.

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