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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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French and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of French vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of French and Vietnamese language. History of French 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 French and Vietnamese Language History.

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

French vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The French vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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