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Cantonese and French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

National Language
France   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
6   
5
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
您好   

Thank You
Merci   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
晚安   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
下午好   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
早上好   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
请   

Sorry
désolé   
遗憾   

Bye
au revoir   
再见   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
52.00 million   
21

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
Not Available   

Native Name
français   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Français   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
français   
Not Available   

German Name
Französisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
13   
12
Not Available   

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
fra   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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French and Cantonese Speaking population

French and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Cantonese on French vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Cantonese Language Codes

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