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Marwari and Cantonese


Cantonese and Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Rajastan, India   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Gujarati Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
32   
22
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
khammaghani   
您好   

Thank You
dhanyavaad   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
shubh raatri   
晚安   

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar   
下午好   

Good Morning
Shubh Havar   
早上好   

Please
kirpa   
请   

Sorry
Maaf Karo   
遗憾   

Bye
bye   
再见   

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
maaf karo   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
India   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Bagri   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
India   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Dhundhari   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
India   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
22.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.21 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
14.00 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
Marwari   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
marvari   
Not Available   

German Name
Marwari   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi   
Not Available   

History

Origin
16   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Marwari   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
72   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mwr   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mwr   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
raja1256   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Marwari and Cantonese Speaking population

Marwari and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marwari and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Marwari and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 % 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 Marwari and Cantonese on Marwari vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marwari and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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