Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
India
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
您好
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
晚安
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
请
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
再见
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
Not Available
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
17th century
  
15
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cantonese and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Gujarati language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.