Sundanese and Cantonese
Countries
West Java
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Indonesia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
你好吗？
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
晚安
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
下午好
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
早上好
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
我爱你
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Banten
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Bogor
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Bandung
Hong Kong
Native Name
Not Available
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
soundanais
Not Available
German Name
Sundanesisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
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Origin
5th century AD
17th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
su
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
sun
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
sun
Not Available
ISO 639 3
sun
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
sund1251
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Sundanese and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sundanese are spoken in different Sundanese Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sundanese vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sundanese dialects include: Western dialect, Northern dialect. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sundanese and Cantonese Speaking population
Sundanese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % 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 Sundanese and Cantonese on Sundanese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sundanese and Cantonese Language Codes
Sundanese and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sundanese and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.