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Japanese vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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   
Not Available   

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
14   
4
21   
11

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Northern Vietnamese   

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

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

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   

History

Origin
1185   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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   

Language Position
8   
8
14   
13

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
vie   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Japanese and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Vietnamese language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Vietnamese Language History.

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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.

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