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Vietnamese and Japanese


Japanese and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Vietnam   
Japan   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Palau   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Cam on   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
xin vui lòng   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Sanuki   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Hakata   

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
日本語   

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

French Name
vietnamien   
japonais   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
1185   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Japonic 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 Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Japanese   

Language Position
14   
13
8   
8

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
vie   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Vietnamese and Japanese Speaking population

Vietnamese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Vietnamese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Japanese Language Codes

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

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