Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
ciao
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
buongiorno
  
Please
请
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
scusate
  
Bye
再见
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Italiano
  
French Name
Not Available
  
italien
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Italians
  
Origin
17th century
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Cantonese and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Italian language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Italian Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.