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Vietnamese and English


English and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Vietnam   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
Hello   

Thank You
Cam on   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Good Morning   

Please
xin vui lòng   
Please   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
Sorry   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Bye   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
American English   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
English   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Not Available   

French Name
vietnamien   
anglais   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Standard English   

Language Position
14   
13
3   
3

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
eng   

ISO 639 3
vie   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
viet1252   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Vietnamese and English Speaking population

Vietnamese and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and English languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Vietnamese vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and English Language Codes

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

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