Is Cantonese similar to Vietnamese?
The biggest commonality between Cantonese and Vietnamese has to do with words with coda consonants in Sinitic, in which there were final -p and -t and -k as well as -m -n and -ŋ. Mandarin lost all of /p t k/ and also /m/. This makes Cantonese and Vietnamese sound more similar to each other as compared to Mandarin.
Should I learn northern or southern Vietnamese?
If you want to speak official Vietnamese, you should learn the Northern dialect, specifically Hanoian dialect; which is yet pretty hard to pronounce it right. However, it would be easier if you learn the Southern dialect yet it is not official.
How many dialects of Vietnamese are there?
three
There are three major dialects spoken within Vietnam: Hanoi (Northern Vietnamese) dialect, Hue (Central Vietnamese) dialect, and Saigon (Southern Vietnamese) dialect.
Is Vietnamese difficult to learn?
Learning Vietnamese is neither hard nor easy. As we will see, many more aspects of Vietnamese grammar are dễ rather than khó. Realistically, it is more accurate to say that Vietnamese is mostly “an easy language” rather than “a hard language.” However, one aspect of Vietnamese, the pronunciation, is quite difficult.
Do Vietnamese understand Chinese?
Because of the difference between Vietnamese and Chinese languages, a Vietnamese native speaker who was born in a Vietnamese family in Vietnam cannot understand nor speak Chinese as their first language. They can speak and understand Chinese as a second language if they learn Chinese.
What is the most common Vietnamese dialect?
Vietnamese
Vietnam/Official languages
What dialect is duolingo Vietnamese?
Northern dialect
Duolingo Vietnamese uses the Northern dialect Though people in the South of Vietnam tend to disagree, the Northern Vietnamese dialect is considered by many as the official or standard dialect of the language. Most news and media is in the Northern dialect.
Can Chinese understand Vietnamese?
No, we cannot understand Chinese, two languages aren’t even in the same language family. Vietnamese is part of the Austroasiatic language family, while Chinese is part of the Sino-Tibetan language family.