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Slovene vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
2  
1
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
您好  

Thank You
Hvala  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
晚安  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
下午好  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
早上好  

Please
Prosim  
请  

Sorry
Oprostite  
遗憾  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
再见  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Resian  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
Not available  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
slovène  
Not Available  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Not Available  

History

Origin
972-1093  
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
Slovene  
Standard Cantonese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

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  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1268  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Slovene and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Cantonese language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Slovene and Cantonese Language History.

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Slovene and Cantonese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Slovene and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Cantonese language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Slovene vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Slovene vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene Alphabets and Cantonese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Slovene and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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