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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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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.

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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.

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