Countries
Countries
Japan
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
Chinese Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9937
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1421
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Xin chào
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Cam on
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Xin lỗi
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Xin loi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
kansai
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
315
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million91.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %1.14 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
128.00 million75.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
日本語
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
japonais
vietnamien
German Name
Japanisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
History
Origin
1185
c. 1440
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ja
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
vie
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
vie
ISO 639 3
jpn
vie
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
viet1252
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating