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
Not Available
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
Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Cantonese language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Cantonese Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.