How hard is Vietnamese for Chinese speakers?

Vietnamese grammar is quite similar to Chinese, and quite simple as well. The difficulty will probably be tones, but Mandarin has 4, so Vietnamese just has 2 more. It shouldn’t be too difficult. Vietnamese also has over 70\% loanwords from Chinese, some so ancient that you probably won’t recognize.

What app teaches Cantonese?

Italki. Italki is the go to app for one on one language lessons with a real teacher or tutor. There are more than 100 Cantonese teachers on the site. Each teacher supplies their own learning materials for their students and offers lessons for 30 minutes, 1 hour, or for 1 ½ hours.

What are some good resources to learn Cantonese online?

Cantodict is a Cantonese-English-Mandarin dictionary that uses jyutping; online converters allow you to turn Chinese characters into jyutping; and online communities such as /r/cantonese bring together Cantonese learners and enthusiasts.

Is Y Yale good for learning Cantonese?

Yale has been widely used to teach Cantonese around the world. But it under-differentiates between some sounds, over-differentiates between others and uses a complicated system of accents—along with the letter h—to distinguish between different tones.

What is the difference between Yale and Jyutping?

One example is the IPA vowel /j/, which is heard in the very first part of words like “you” and “year.” In Yale, it is represented with a y; jyutping uses j, which frees up the letter y to more accurately render the /jy/ sound that is common in Cantonese words like jyu4 (魚, “fish”).

Why is Cantonese not an official language in Hong Kong?

And the reason has to do with the precarious state of Cantonese, which is deeply rooted in Guangdong, almost universally spoken in Hong Kong and common throughout the Chinese diaspora – but which currently enjoys no official status in any jurisdiction.