There are 10 differences and 7 similarities between Cantonese, Vietnamese
Language Family and Writing System
Writing System
Chinese
Vietnamese (latin)
Script(s) Used
[ ] (gw Ngd Ngw ) [ ] (yuetyuh)
Ti Ng Vi T ( )
Family
Sino-tibetan
Austro-asiatic
Subgroup
Chinese
Mon-khmer
3 Letter Code
Yue
Vie
Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)
66 million
67.7 million
Native Speakers as % of World
1.4 %
2 %
Total Number of Speakers (millions)
70 million
73 million
Total Speakers as % of World
0.9 %
1 %
Language Systems
Noun declensions
None
None
Sequence
Svo
Svo/osv
Tonal
Yes
Yes
Agglutinative language
No
No
Geographic Distribution
Official language in
Hong Kong
Macau
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Macau
Vietnam
Official Language of United Nations
No
No
Countries Spoken In
Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, China, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand
Hong Kong
Vietnam