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Korean vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40   
21
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21   
18
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Hangul   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Xin chào   

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)   
Cam on   

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju   
Northern Vietnamese   

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

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
South Korea   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
China, North Korea   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million   
22
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
coréen   
vietnamien   

German Name
Koreanisch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Koreans   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
Before 1st century   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Koreanic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
12   
11
14   
13

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ko   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
kor   
vie   

ISO 639 3
Kor   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kore1280   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
45-AAA   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Korean and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Vietnamese language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean and Vietnamese Language History.

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

Korean vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The Korean vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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