Japanese and Cantonese
Countries
Japan
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Japan
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Hawaii
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Kana
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
您好
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
谢谢
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
你好吗？
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
晚安
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
下午好
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
早上好
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
请
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
遗憾
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
我爱你
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Kagawa
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Kansai
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
kansai
Hong Kong
Native Name
日本語
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Not Available
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
japonais
Not Available
German Name
Japanisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Not Available
Language Family
Japonic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
ja
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
Not Available
ISO 639 3
jpn
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
cant1236
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
All Japanese 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 Japanese and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Cantonese Speaking population
Japanese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Cantonese on Japanese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Cantonese Language Codes
Japanese and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.