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Vietnamese and Assamese


Assamese and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
-  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
Cam on  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
suprobhaat  

Please
xin vui lòng  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
biḍai  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Kamrupi  

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
vietnamien  
assamais  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Assamesisch  

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Assamese  

Language Position
14  
13
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
asm  

ISO 639 3
vie  
asm  

ISO 639 6
vie  
asm  

Glottocode
viet1252  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Vietnamese and Assamese Speaking population

Vietnamese and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Vietnamese vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Assamese Language Codes

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

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