Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Vietnam
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
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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
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Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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
I Love You
我爱你
tôi yêu bạn
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
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
17th century
c. 1440
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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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
Signed Forms
Not Available
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
vi
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
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Glottocode
cant1236
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Cantonese and Vietnamese 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 Cantonese and Vietnamese dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Vietnamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Vietnamese Dialects are spoken in different Vietnamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Vietnamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese , North-central Vietnamese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Vietnamese Speaking population
Cantonese and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Cantonese and Vietnamese on Cantonese vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Vietnamese Language Codes
Cantonese and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.