Countries
Vietnam
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Vietnam
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
Chinese Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3774
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1214
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2160
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
39
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Xin chào
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
Cam on
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
zoo hmo
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
zoo tav su
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
xin vui lòng
thov
Sorry
Xin lỗi
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
Tạm biệt
Nyob zoo
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
Xin loi
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Laos
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
China
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million3.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Hmong
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Mong
French Name
vietnamien
hmong
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Hmong people
Origin
c. 1440
19
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Hmong
Language Position
1424
1
120
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Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
vi
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
vie
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
vie
hmn
ISO 639 3
vie
hmv
ISO 639 6
vie
hmn
Glottocode
viet1252
firs1234
Linguasphere
46-EBA
No data available
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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