Countries
Vietnam
South Africa
National Language
Vietnam
South Africa
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
goeie nag
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
goeie more
Please
xin vui lòng
asseblief
Bye
Tạm biệt
Not Available
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Cape Dutch
French Name
vietnamien
afrikaans
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 1440
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
viet1252
afri1274
Linguasphere
46-EBA
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic
All Vietnamese and Afrikaans 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 Vietnamese and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Vietnamese and Afrikaans Speaking population
Vietnamese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Vietnamese and Afrikaans on Vietnamese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Vietnamese and Afrikaans Language Codes
Vietnamese and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.