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Countries

Countries
Vietnam

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Vietnam

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe

Speaking Continents
Asia

Minority Language
Czech Republic

Regulated By
-

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.

Similar To
Chinese Language

Derived From
Chinese Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
37 19

Phonology

How Many Vowels
12 9

How Many Consonants
21 11

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
3 2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào

Thank You
Cam on

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng

Please
xin vui lòng

Sorry
Xin lỗi

Bye
Tạm biệt

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn

Excuse Me
Xin loi

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00 11

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00 9

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00 8

Total No. Of Dialects
5 5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million 16

Speaking Population
1.14 % 17

Native Speakers
75.00 million 14

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million 33

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet

French Name
vietnamien

German Name
Vietnamesisch

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people

History

Origin
c. 1440

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup
-

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese

Language Position
14 13

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
vi

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
vie

ISO 639 2/B
vie

ISO 639 3
vie

ISO 639 6
vie

Glottocode
viet1252

Linguasphere
46-EBA

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating

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Origin of Vietnamese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Vietnamese language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Vietnamese language states that it was put to use in c. 1440. The history of Vietnamese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Vietnamese Language History.The evolution of Vietnamese language began with early forms such as Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese. Standard Vietnamese is the standard form of Vietnamese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Vietnamese Language.

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Vietnamese population

Vietnamese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Vietnamese language. Vietnamese language is spoken by 91.00 million people in the world. Most of the Vietnamese population lies in the Vietnamese Speaking Countries. Vietnamese language is spoken as first language by 75.00 million people and as second language by about 16.00 million people. Get to know Vietnamese speaking population in detail.

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Vietnamese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Vietnamese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Vietnamese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Vietnamese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Vietnamese language

Check out all the information about Vietnamese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Vietnamese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Vietnamese Speaking Countries, Vietnamese speaking continents and Vietnamese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Vietnamese countries knowing common Vietnamese Greetings will help you in communicating with Vietnamese people.

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