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Vietnamese vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Vietnam  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Xin chào  

Thank You
Danke  
Cam on  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
bitte  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Tschüs  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
North-central Vietnamese  

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

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
Deutsch  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
allemand  
vietnamien  

German Name
Deutsch  
Vietnamesisch  

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

Ethnicity
Germans  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
9  
9
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
vie  

ISO 639 3
deu  
vie  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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German and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of German vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of German and Vietnamese language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Vietnamese Language History.

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

German vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The German vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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