National Language
Vietnam
Japan
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Palau
Regulated By
Not Available
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Xin chào
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Cam on
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
xin vui lòng
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Xin lỗi
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Tạm biệt
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Xin loi
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Hakata
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Kansai
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
kansai
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
日本語
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
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French Name
vietnamien
japonais
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Japanese
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
viet1252
nucl1643
Linguasphere
46-EBA
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Vietnamese and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Japanese language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Japanese Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.