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Cantonese and Zulu Speaking countries


Zulu and Cantonese Speaking Countries


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   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

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   
Pan South African Language Board   

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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Cantonese and Zulu as Minority Language

In Cantonese and Zulu speaking countries you will get the countries which have Cantonese and Zulu as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.
  • Zulu as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.

If you want to compare Cantonese and Zulu dialects, then you can go to Cantonese vs Zulu Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Cantonese and Zulu Regulators

Cantonese and Zulu speaking countries provide you Cantonese and Zulu regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division regulates Cantonese language.Zulu is regulated by Pan South African Language Board. Also get to learn, Cantonese and Zulu Language History.

Cantonese and Zulu Continents

Thinking about Cantonese and Zulu continents in which Cantonese and Zulu speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Cantonese and Zulu. Most of the Cantonese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Zulu speaking countries lie in Africa. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Cantonese and Zulu languages:

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

Zulu Interesting Facts:

The Cantonese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Chinese Language whereas Cantonese language is similar to Xhosa Language and derived from Not Available.

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