Countries
South Africa
  
Vietnam
  
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 in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.