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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Vietnam   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Xin chào   

Thank You
Thank you   
Cam on   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
Please   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
Sorry   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
Bye   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
I love you   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
English   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
anglais   
vietnamien   

German Name
Englisch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
3   
3
14   
13

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
vie   

ISO 639 3
eng   
vie   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All English and Vietnamese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all English and Vietnamese dialects. Various dialects of English and Vietnamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Vietnamese Dialects are spoken in different Vietnamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Vietnamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese , North-central Vietnamese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Vietnamese Speaking population

English and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of English and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Vietnamese on English vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Vietnamese Language Codes

English and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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