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Igbo and Cantonese Speaking countries


Cantonese and Igbo Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Igbo and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

  • Igbo as minority language: Equatorial Guinea.
  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Igbo and Cantonese Regulators

Igbo and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Igbo and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture regulates Igbo language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Igbo and Cantonese Language History.

Igbo and Cantonese Continents

Thinking about Igbo and Cantonese continents in which Igbo and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Igbo and Cantonese. Most of the Igbo speaking countries lie in Africa. 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 Igbo and Cantonese languages:

Igbo Interesting Facts:

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

The Igbo language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Not Available whereas Igbo language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.

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