Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Germany
China, Guangdong
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Hawaii
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
你好吗？
Good Evening
guten Abend
晚上好
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
下午好
Good Morning
guten Morgen
早上好
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
我爱你
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
原谅我
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Switzerland
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Germany
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Texas
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
allemand
Not Available
German Name
Deutsch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Germans
Not Available
Origin
6th Century AD
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
de
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
deu
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
ger
Not Available
ISO 639 3
deu
No data available
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
cant1236
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
All German 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 German and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of German and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Cantonese Speaking population
German and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of German and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Cantonese on German vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Cantonese Language Codes
German and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.