Countries
Vietnam
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Vietnam
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Chinese Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3724
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Xin chào
Habari
Thank You
Cam on
Asante
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
Habari za asubuhi
Please
xin vui lòng
tafadhali
Sorry
Xin lỗi
pole
Bye
Tạm biệt
bye
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Samahani
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
512
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
vietnamien
swahili
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
c. 1440
6th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Swahili
Language Position
1421
1
120
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Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
vi
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
vie
swa
ISO 639 2/B
vie
swa
ISO 639 3
vie
swa
ISO 639 6
vie
swa
Glottocode
viet1252
swah1254
Linguasphere
46-EBA
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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