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Serbian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Vietnam  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
-  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Cam on  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Prizren-Timok  

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Smederevo–Vršac  

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

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

French Name
vietnamien  
serbe  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Serbisch  

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
11th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
14  
13
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
srp  

ISO 639 3
vie  
srp  

ISO 639 6
vie  
srp  

Glottocode
viet1252  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Vietnamese and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Serbian language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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