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Slovak and Cantonese


Cantonese and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
8   
5

How Many Consonants
38   
27
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
您好   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
晚安   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
下午好   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
早上好   

Please
Prosím   
请   

Sorry
Pardón!   
遗憾   

Bye
Dovidenia   
再见   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
slovenčina   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
slovaque   
Not Available   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th Century   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
slk   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Slovak and Cantonese Speaking population

Slovak and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available 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 Slovak and Cantonese on Slovak vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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