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Cantonese and Xhosa


Xhosa and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
43  
32

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Molo  

Thank You
谢谢  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Unjani  

Good Night
晚安  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
早上好  
Molo  

Please
请  
Ndicela  

Sorry
遗憾  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
再见  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
我爱你  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
Not Available  
xhosa  

German Name
Not Available  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
17th century  
16th 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  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
xho  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Cantonese and Xhosa Speaking population

Cantonese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Cantonese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Xhosa Language Codes

Cantonese and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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