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Vietnamese and Swahili


Swahili and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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
-  
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

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

Alphabets
37  
19
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Kiunguja  

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
75.00 million  
14

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  

History

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
14  
13
21  
19

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

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

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Vietnamese and Swahili Speaking population

Vietnamese and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Vietnamese vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Swahili Language Codes

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

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