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Croatian vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
1   
14

National Language
Austria   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Xin chào   

Thank You
hvala   
Cam on   

How Are You?
kako si   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
laku noć   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
molim   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
Volim te   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
hrvatski   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
croate   
vietnamien   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
9th century   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
23   
19
14   
13

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
vie   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Croatian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Vietnamese language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian and Vietnamese Language History.

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Croatian 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 Croatian and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Vietnamese language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

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