Chinese and Cantonese Speaking countries

Chinese and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

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

Chinese and Cantonese Regulators

Chinese and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Chinese and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council regulates Chinese language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Chinese and Cantonese Language History.

Chinese and Cantonese Continents

Thinking about Chinese and Cantonese continents in which Chinese and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Chinese and Cantonese. Most of the Chinese speaking countries lie in Asia. While Cantonese speaking countries lie in Asia. 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 Chinese and Cantonese languages:

Chinese Interesting Facts:

• Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
• In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.

Cantonese 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.

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