National Language
Japan
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Xin chào
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Cam on
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Xin lỗi
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hakata
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Dialect 3
Kansai
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
kansai
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
japonais
vietnamien
German Name
Japanisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Vietnamese
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nucl1643
viet1252
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
46-EBA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Japanese 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 Japanese and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Vietnamese language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Japanese vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.