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Cantonese and Slovak


Slovak and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
15   
12

How Many Consonants
20   
10
38   
27

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Ahoj   

Thank You
谢谢   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
晚安   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
早上好   
Dobré ráno   

Please
请   
Prosím   

Sorry
遗憾   
Pardón!   

Bye
再见   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
我爱你   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
5.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
Not Available   
slovaque   

German Name
Not Available   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
17th century   
6th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Slovak   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
slo   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Cantonese and Slovak Speaking population

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