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Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Vietnam  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
-  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Hallo  

Thank You
Cam on  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
goedemorgen  

Please
xin vui lòng  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
sorry  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
vaarwel  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Gronings  

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Nederlands  

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

French Name
vietnamien  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Niederländisch  

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
14  
13
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
dut  

ISO 639 3
vie  
nld  

ISO 639 6
vie  
nld  

Glottocode
viet1252  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Dutch language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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Vietnamese and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Dutch language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Vietnamese vs Dutch Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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