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Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
1   
14

National Language
France   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Xin chào   

Thank You
Merci   
Cam on   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
désolé   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
au revoir   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
North-central Vietnamese   

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

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
français   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

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

French Name
français   
vietnamien   

German Name
Französisch   
Vietnamesisch   

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

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
13   
12
14   
13

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
vie   

ISO 639 3
fra   
vie   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All French 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 French and Vietnamese dialects. Various dialects of French and Vietnamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of French are spoken in different French Speaking Countries whereas Vietnamese Dialects are spoken in different Vietnamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking French vs Vietnamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the French dialects include: Quebec French, African French. Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese , North-central Vietnamese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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French and Vietnamese Speaking population

French and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of French and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Vietnamese on French vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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