Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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 Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.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
  
Halo
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
请
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
再见
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
Not Available
  
slovène
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
17th century
  
972-1093
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Slovene
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Cantonese and Slovene Speaking population
Cantonese and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene language is Not Available. 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 Slovene on Cantonese vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Slovene Language Codes
Cantonese and Slovene language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Slovene Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.