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Italian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Vietnam  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
-  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

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  
ciao  

Thank You
Cam on  
grazie  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
buongiorno  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Per Favore  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
scusate  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
arrivederci  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Romanesco  

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Italiano  

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

French Name
vietnamien  
italien  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Italienisch  

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Italians  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
960 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Italian  

Language Position
14  
13
27  
25

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
ita  

ISO 639 3
vie  
ita  

ISO 639 6
vie  
itas  

Glottocode
viet1252  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
51-AAA-q  

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Italian language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Italian Difficulty

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

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