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German and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Vietnam   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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 English Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
9   
1
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Xin chào   

Thank You
Danke   
Cam on   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
bitte   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
Tschüs   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Deutsch   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
allemand   
vietnamien   

German Name
Deutsch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
9   
9
14   
13

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
vie   

ISO 639 3
deu   
vie   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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German and Vietnamese Speaking population

German and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of German and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Vietnamese on German vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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