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Cantonese and Slovene


Slovene and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
28   
10
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
20   
10

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
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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

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