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Zulu and Cantonese Speaking countries


Cantonese and Zulu Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
China, Guangdong   

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Zulu and Cantonese as Minority Language

In Zulu and Cantonese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Zulu and Cantonese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Zulu as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

If you want to compare Zulu and Cantonese dialects, then you can go to Zulu vs Cantonese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Zulu and Cantonese Regulators

Zulu and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Zulu and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Pan South African Language Board regulates Zulu language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Zulu and Cantonese Language History.

Zulu and Cantonese Continents

Thinking about Zulu and Cantonese continents in which Zulu and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Zulu and Cantonese. Most of the Zulu speaking countries lie in Africa. 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 Zulu and Cantonese languages:

Zulu Interesting Facts:

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

The Zulu language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Xhosa Language whereas Zulu language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from Not Available.

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