Khmer and Cantonese Speaking countries

Khmer and Cantonese as Minority Language

In Khmer and Cantonese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Khmer 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 Khmer and Cantonese dialects, then you can go to Khmer vs Cantonese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Khmer and Cantonese Regulators

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

Khmer and Cantonese Continents

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

Khmer Interesting Facts:

• Khmer is not the tonal language.
• Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

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 Khmer language was derived from Pali and Sanskrit Languages and is similar to Lao Language whereas Khmer language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.