Persian and Cantonese as Minority Language
In Persian and Cantonese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Persian and Cantonese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Persian as minority language: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
- Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.
If you want to compare Persian and Cantonese dialects, then you can go to Persian vs Cantonese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Persian and Cantonese Regulators
Persian and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Persian and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan regulates Persian language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Persian and Cantonese Language History.
Persian and Cantonese Continents
Thinking about Persian and Cantonese continents in which Persian and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Persian and Cantonese. Most of the Persian 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 Persian and Cantonese languages:
Persian Interesting Facts:
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
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 Persian language was derived from Arabic Language and is similar to Pashto and Balochi Languages whereas Persian language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.