Slovene and Cantonese
Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Hawaii
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
你好吗？
Good Evening
Dober večer
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
下午好
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
早上好
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Styrian
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
slovène
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German Name
Slowenisch
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Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
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Ethnicity
Slovenes
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Origin
972-1093
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovene
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
sl
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
slv
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
slv
Not Available
ISO 639 3
slv
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
slov1268
cant1236
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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All Slovene 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 Slovene and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Slovene and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovene are spoken in different Slovene Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovene vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene, Resian. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Slovene and Cantonese Speaking population
Slovene and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene 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 Slovene and Cantonese on Slovene vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Slovene and Cantonese Language Codes
Slovene and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovene and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.