Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
China, Taiwan
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
  
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
- 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
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Chinese Language
  
Derived From
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Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
请 (Qǐng)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Mandarin
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
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Dialect 2
Wu
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Yue
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
873.00 million
  
1
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
178.00 million
  
3
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
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Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
chinois
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Chinesisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
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[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Han
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1250 BC
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
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Branch
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zh
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zho
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
chi
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
zho
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sini1245
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
79-AAA
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Isolating