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Greek and Cantonese Speaking countries


Cantonese and Greek Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

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Greek and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

  • Greek as minority language: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine.
  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Greek and Cantonese Regulators

Greek and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Greek and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας) regulates Greek language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Greek and Cantonese Language History.

Greek and Cantonese Continents

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

Greek Interesting Facts:

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

The Greek language was derived from Latin and is similar to Armenian whereas Greek language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.

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