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Croatian and Cantonese


Cantonese and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
China, Guangdong  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
bok  
您好  

Thank You
hvala  
谢谢  

How Are You?
kako si  
你好吗?  

Good Night
laku noć  
晚安  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
下午好  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
早上好  

Please
molim  
请  

Sorry
Oprostite  
遗憾  

Bye
Doviđenja  
再见  

I Love You
Volim te  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
Not Available  

Native Name
hrvatski  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
croate  
Not Available  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Not Available  

History

Origin
9th century  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Croatian 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 Croatian and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Cantonese Speaking population

Croatian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Cantonese on Croatian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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