Countries
Vietnam
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
110
0
46
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National Language
Vietnam
Portugal
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
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Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Chinese Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3723
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2119
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Xin chào
Olá
Thank You
Cam on
obrigado
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Como você está?
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
boa noite
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
bom Dia
Please
xin vui lòng
Por Favor
Sorry
Xin lỗi
pesaroso
Bye
Tạm biệt
tchau
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Xin loi
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Brazil
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Portugal
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.004,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
526
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million231.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %3.27 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million216.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Português
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Português
French Name
vietnamien
portugais
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
c. 1440
3rd Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Portuguese
Language Position
146
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
vi
pt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
vie
por
ISO 639 2/B
vie
por
ISO 639 3
vie
por
ISO 639 6
vie
por
Glottocode
viet1252
port1283
Linguasphere
46-EBA
51-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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