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Vietnamese and Portuguese


Portuguese and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

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
Not Available   
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

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

Alphabets
37   
19
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Brazilian Portuguese   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
European Portuguese   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

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
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
15.00 million   
18

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   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
14   
13
6   
6

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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

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Vietnamese and Portuguese Speaking population

Vietnamese and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Vietnamese vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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