Cantonese and Xhosa
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
South Africa
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
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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
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Good Night
晚安
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
晚上好
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
下午好
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Bye
再见
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
我爱你
Ndiyakuthanda
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
South Africa
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
South Africa
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
South Africa
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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Ethnicity
Not Available
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
17th century
16th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
xh
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
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Glottocode
cant1236
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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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.
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.