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Cantonese vs French


French vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

National Language
China, Guangdong   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
您好   
bonjour   

Thank You
谢谢   
Merci   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
晚安   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
晚上好   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
早上好   
Bonjour   

Please
请   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
遗憾   
désolé   

Bye
再见   
au revoir   

I Love You
我爱你   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
African French   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
français   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Français   

French Name
Not Available   
français   

German Name
Not Available   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
fre   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
cant1236   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Cantonese and French Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and French language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Cantonese and French Language History.

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Cantonese and French Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Cantonese and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and French language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cantonese vs French Difficulty

The Cantonese vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and French Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Cantonese and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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