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Japanese and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

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
-  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
14  
4
21  
11

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

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
1,000,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Hakata  
North-central Vietnamese  

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

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
日本語  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
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
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

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
8  
8
14  
13

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
jpn  
vie  

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  

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

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Japanese and Vietnamese Speaking population

Japanese and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Vietnamese on Japanese vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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