Home
Languagevs


Portuguese and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
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
Olá   
Xin chào   

Thank You
obrigado   
Cam on   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
boa noite   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
Por Favor   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
tchau   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Northern Vietnamese   

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

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
North-central Vietnamese   

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

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

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Português   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Português   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
portugais   
vietnamien   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
6   
6
14   
13

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
vie   

ISO 639 3
por   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

Summary >>
<< Code

All Portuguese and Vietnamese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Vietnamese dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Vietnamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Vietnamese Dialects are spoken in different Vietnamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Vietnamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese , North-central Vietnamese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

Portuguese and Vietnamese Speaking population

Portuguese and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Vietnamese on Portuguese vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Vietnamese Language Codes

Portuguese and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages