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Cantonese and Sindhi


Sindhi and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
China, Guangdong   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Not Available   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
42   
31

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Arabic, Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
谢谢   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
晚安   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
早上好   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
请   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
遗憾   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
再见   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
我爱你   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Upper Sindh   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Central Sindh   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Lari   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Not Available   

French Name
Not Available   
sindhi   

German Name
Not Available   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th century   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Sindhi   

Language Position
Not Available   
50   
37

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
snd   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Cantonese and Sindhi Speaking population

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Cantonese and Sindhi Language Codes

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