Countries
Vietnam
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Vietnam
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Zambia
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Zulu language
Derived From
Chinese Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3731
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2118
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Xin chào
Moni
Thank You
Cam on
Zikomo
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
M'mawa wabwino
Please
xin vui lòng
Chonde
Sorry
Xin lỗi
pepani
Bye
Tạm biệt
anatsanzikana
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Pepani
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
55
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
91.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
vietnamien
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Chewa people
Origin
c. 1440
15th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Chewa
Language Position
1427
1
120
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Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
vi
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
vie
nya
ISO 639 2/B
vie
nya
ISO 639 3
vie
nya
ISO 639 6
vie
nya
Glottocode
viet1252
nyan1308
Linguasphere
46-EBA
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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