Javanese and Cantonese Speaking countries

Javanese and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

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

Javanese and Cantonese Regulators

Javanese and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Javanese and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Javanese is not regulated.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Javanese and Cantonese Language History.

Javanese and Cantonese Continents

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

Javanese Interesting Facts:

• The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
• The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

• 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.

The Javanese language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages whereas Javanese language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.