Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
您好
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
请
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
再见
  
bye
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
Not Available
  
shona
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Cantonese and Shona 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 Shona dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Shona Speaking population
Cantonese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Cantonese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Shona Language Codes
Cantonese and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.