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Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
Vietnam  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Hello  

Thank You
Cam on  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Good Morning  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Please  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Sorry  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Bye  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
American English  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
English  

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

French Name
vietnamien  
anglais  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Englisch  

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
English people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Standard English  

Language Position
14  
13
3  
3

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
eng  

ISO 639 3
vie  
eng  

ISO 639 6
vie  
engs  

Glottocode
viet1252  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and English Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and English language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs English Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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