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Afrikaans vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Xin chào  

Thank You
Dankie  
Cam on  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
asseblief  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
jammer  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Not Available  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
22
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
Afrikaans  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
afrikaans  
vietnamien  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Vietnamesisch  

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

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
Not Available  
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
vie  

ISO 639 3
afr  
vie  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
afri1274  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Afrikaans and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Vietnamese language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Afrikaans and Vietnamese Language History.

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

Afrikaans vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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