Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Vietnam
National Language
France
Vietnam
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Latin
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
bonsoir
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
Bonjour
Chào buổi sáng
Please
S'il vous plaît
xin vui lòng
I Love You
Je t'aime
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
African French
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Africa
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
français
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Français
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
français
vietnamien
German Name
Französisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
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Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
9th Century
c. 1440
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Vietnamese
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
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Glottocode
stan1290
viet1252
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
46-EBA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
French and Vietnamese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where French and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Vietnamese language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common French Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The French vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Vietnamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare French and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.