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Urdu vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
40   
29
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Xin chào   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Cam on   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
الوداع   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Northern Vietnamese   

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
North-central Vietnamese   

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

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
اُردُو   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
ourdou   
vietnamien   

German Name
Urdu   
Vietnamesisch   

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

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
20   
18
14   
13

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
vie   

ISO 639 3
urd   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Urdu and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Vietnamese language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Urdu and Vietnamese Language History.

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Urdu 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 Urdu and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Vietnamese language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The Urdu vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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