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Nepali and Cantonese Speaking countries

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
22
Bhojpuri Speaking Countries
0 46
1.3 National Language
Nepal
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Nepali vs Cantonese Countries

Comparing Nepali vs Cantonese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Nepali and Cantonese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Nepali is official language is 2 whereas total number of countries where Cantonese is official language is 2

Find if Nepali and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Nepali and Cantonese speaking countries will give you the presence of Nepali and Cantonese languages in different countries. Along with Nepali vs Cantonese countries, you can also compare Nepali vs Cantonese.

Nepali and Cantonese as Minority Language

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

  • Nepali as minority language: People's Republic of China.
  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

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

Nepali and Cantonese Regulators

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

Nepali and Cantonese Continents

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

Nepali Interesting Facts:

  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.

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 Nepali language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Hindi whereas Nepali language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.