Countries
Vietnam
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Vietnam
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
- 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
Chinese Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
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Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
你好吗？
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
晚安
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
下午好
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
早上好
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
我爱你
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Hong Kong
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
vietnamien
Not Available
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Not Available
Origin
c. 1440
17th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Standard Cantonese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
vi
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
vie
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
vie
Not Available
ISO 639 3
vie
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
cant1236
Linguasphere
46-EBA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Vietnamese and Cantonese Speaking population
Vietnamese and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Cantonese on Vietnamese vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Vietnamese and Cantonese Language Codes
Vietnamese and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.