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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  

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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.

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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.

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