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Cantonese vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Guangdong  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Not Available  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
42  
31

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
谢谢  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
晚安  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
早上好  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
请  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
遗憾  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
再见  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
我爱你  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Upper Sindh  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Central Sindh  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Lower Sindh  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Not Available  

French Name
Not Available  
sindhi  

German Name
Not Available  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Sindhi  

Language Position
Not Available  
50  
37

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
snd  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
sind1272  

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  

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Cantonese and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Sindhi language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. 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 Sindhi Language History.

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Cantonese and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Sindhi language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cantonese vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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