Countries
Vietnam
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Vietnam
France
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Not Available
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
Bonjour
Please
xin vui lòng
S'il vous plaît
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
African French
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Africa
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
français
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Français
French Name
vietnamien
français
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Not Available
Origin
c. 1440
9th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Standard French
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
viet1252
stan1290
Linguasphere
46-EBA
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Vietnamese and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and French language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs French Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.