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Cantonese and Swahili


Swahili and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

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   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Chinese Language   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Habari   

Thank You
谢谢   
Asante   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
晚安   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
早上好   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
请   
tafadhali   

Sorry
遗憾   
pole   

Bye
再见   
bye   

I Love You
我爱你   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Zanzibar island   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Dar es Salaam   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
Not Available   
swahili   

German Name
Not Available   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
17th century   
6th 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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
swa   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Cantonese and Swahili Speaking population

Cantonese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Cantonese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Swahili Language Codes

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