Countries
Vietnam
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Vietnam
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Armenian
Derived From
Chinese Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Xin chào
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Cam on
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
xin vui lòng
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Xin lỗi
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Tạm biệt
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Griko
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
vietnamien
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
viet1252
gree1276
Linguasphere
46-EBA
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Vietnamese and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Greek language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Greek Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.