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Vietnamese vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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  
Not Available  

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
Not Available  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
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Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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
Not Available  

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
1.14 %  
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
Not Available  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
chinois  
vietnamien  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Han  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

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  

Language Position
1  
1
14  
13

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Chinese and Vietnamese Language History

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