Countries
Vietnam
Myanmar
National Language
Vietnam
Myanmar
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Xin chào
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Cam on
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
xin vui lòng
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Xin lỗi
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Tạm biệt
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Xin loi
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Intha
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
vietnamien
birman
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Bamar people
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
sout3159
Linguasphere
46-EBA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
Vietnamese and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Burmese language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Burmese Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.