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Vietnamese and Greek


Greek and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Vietnam   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Cam on   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
xin vui lòng   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Cappadocian Greek   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Griko   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
vietnamien   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Neugriechisch   

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
14   
13
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
gre   

ISO 639 3
vie   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
viet1252   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Vietnamese and Greek Speaking population

Vietnamese and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Vietnamese vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Greek Language Codes

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

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