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Greek vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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
-  
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

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

Alphabets
37  
19
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Cappadocian Greek  

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
13.00 million  
37

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  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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  

Language Position
14  
13
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
gre  

ISO 639 3
vie  
ell  

ISO 639 6
vie  
ells  

Glottocode
viet1252  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Greek Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Greek language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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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.

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