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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Vietnam  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Xin chào  

Thank You
Thank you  
Cam on  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
Please  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Sorry  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Bye  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
I love you  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
English  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
English  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
anglais  
vietnamien  

German Name
Englisch  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
English people  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
3  
3
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
vie  

ISO 639 3
eng  
vie  

ISO 639 6
engs  
vie  

Glottocode
stan1293  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All English 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 English and Vietnamese dialects. Various dialects of English and Vietnamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Vietnamese Dialects are spoken in different Vietnamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Vietnamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese , North-central Vietnamese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Vietnamese Speaking population

English and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Vietnamese on English vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Vietnamese Language Codes

English and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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