Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
tschao
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Not Available
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
amharique
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
13th century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Vietnamese language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Amharic vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.