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Cantonese and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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 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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
您好   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
谢谢   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
你好吗?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
晚安   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
下午好   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
早上好   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
请   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
遗憾   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
再见   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
52.00 million   
21

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
chinois   
Not Available   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
17th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
zho   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Chinese and Cantonese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Cantonese Speaking population

Chinese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Cantonese on Chinese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Cantonese Language Codes

Chinese and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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