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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
331
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 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
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Czech Republic
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Chinese Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2637
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
512
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2121
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
73
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Xin chào
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
Cam on
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
Bạn khỏe không?
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
3.8 Please
Please
xin vui lòng
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
Xin lỗi
3.10 Bye
Bye
Tạm biệt
3.11 I Love You
I love you
tôi yêu bạn
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Xin loi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Northern Vietnamese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00NA
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
North-central Vietnamese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Mid-Central Vietnamese
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1885
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million91.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.43 %1.14 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million75.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 million16.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
tiếng việt (㗂越)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
vietnamien
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Vietnamesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
c. 1440
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Vietnamese
6.3.3 Language Position
314
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Vietnamese sign languages
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
vi
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
vie
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
vie
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
vie
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
viet1252
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
46-EBA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating

English vs Vietnamese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare English vs Vietnamese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak English or Vietnamese language.

  • English is spoken as a national language in: 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.
  • Vietnamese is spoken as a national language in: Vietnam.

You will also get to know the continents where English and Vietnamese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of English language is 3 and position of Vietnamese language is 14. Find all the information about these languages on English and Vietnamese.

English and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of English vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of English and Vietnamese language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Vietnamese Language History.

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

English vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The English vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.