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Arabic vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Vietnam  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Cam on  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
صباح الخير  

Please
xin vui lòng  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
آسف  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
وداعا  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Sudanese  

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
vietnamien  
arabe  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Arabs  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
512 CE  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
14  
13
25  
23

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
ara  

ISO 639 3
vie  
ara  

ISO 639 6
vie  
ara  

Glottocode
viet1252  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Arabic language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Vietnamese and Arabic Language History.

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Vietnamese and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Vietnamese and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Arabic language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Vietnamese vs Arabic Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Vietnamese and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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