Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Vietnam
National Language
Russia
Vietnam
Second Language
Afganistan
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Xin chào
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Cam on
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Xin lỗi
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Olonets
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Olonets
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Native Name
Русский
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Russki
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
russe
vietnamien
German Name
Russisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Russians
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard Vietnamese
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
russ1263
viet1252
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
46-EBA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Russian 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 Russian and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Vietnamese language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Russian vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.