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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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