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Hindi and Cantonese


Cantonese and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
您好   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
谢谢   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
你好吗?   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
晚安   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
下午好   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
早上好   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
请   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
遗憾   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
再见   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
52.00 million   
21

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
hindi   
Not Available   

German Name
Hindi   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th Century   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
5   
5
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
hin   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Hindi and Cantonese Speaking population

Hindi and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Cantonese on Hindi vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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