Countries
South Africa
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Vietnam
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3237
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1721
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hallo
Xin chào
Thank You
Dankie
Cam on
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
goeie nag
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
goeie more
Chào buổi sáng
Please
asseblief
xin vui lòng
Sorry
jammer
Xin lỗi
Bye
Totsiens
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
-
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
-
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Namibia
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
7.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
35
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
afrikaans
vietnamien
German Name
Afrikaans
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
17th Century
c. 1440
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
2314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
vie
ISO 639 2/B
afr
vie
ISO 639 3
afr
vie
ISO 639 6
afrs
vie
Glottocode
afri1274
viet1252
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Analytic, Isolating