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Cantonese vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Xin chào  

Thank You
谢谢  
Cam on  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
晚安  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
早上好  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
请  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
遗憾  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
再见  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
我爱你  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
Not Available  
vietnamien  

German Name
Not Available  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
17th century  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
Not Available  
14  
13

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
vie  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
vie  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Cantonese and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Vietnamese language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Cantonese and Vietnamese Language History.

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Cantonese and Vietnamese 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 Cantonese and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Vietnamese language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Cantonese vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Cantonese and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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