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Filipino and Cantonese


Cantonese and Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Philippines   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
Philippines   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Spanish Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Kumusta   
您好   

Thank You
Salamat   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Kumusta   
你好吗?   

Good Night
magandang gabi   
晚安   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon   
下午好   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga   
早上好   

Please
Mangyaring   
请   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
遗憾   

Bye
Paalam   
再见   

I Love You
Mahal kita   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Waray   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million   
17
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
45.00 million   
23
52.00 million   
21

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
Not Available   

Native Name
filipino   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Pilipino   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
filipino; pilipino   
Not Available   

German Name
Pilipino   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16th Century   
17th century   

Language Family
Austronesian 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
Filipino   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
fil   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
fil   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fili1244   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No Data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Filipino and Cantonese Speaking population

Filipino and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is Not Available 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 Filipino and Cantonese on Filipino vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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