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Dutch and Cantonese Speaking countries


Cantonese and Dutch Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

  • Dutch as minority language: France, Germany, Indonesia.
  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Dutch and Cantonese Regulators

Dutch and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Dutch and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) regulates Dutch language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Dutch and Cantonese Language History.

Dutch and Cantonese Continents

Thinking about Dutch and Cantonese continents in which Dutch and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Dutch and Cantonese. Most of the Dutch speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe, North America, South America. 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 Dutch and Cantonese languages:

Dutch Interesting Facts:

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

The Dutch language was derived from Not Available and is similar to German and English Languages whereas Dutch language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.

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