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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Vietnam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
101
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
Portugal
Vietnam
1.4 Second Language
United States of America
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Czech Republic
1.7 Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Chinese Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2337
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
912
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
1921
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
63
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Olá
Xin chào
3.2 Thank You
obrigado
Cam on
3.3 How Are You?
Como você está?
Bạn khỏe không?
3.4 Good Night
boa noite
Chúc ngủ ngon
3.5 Good Evening
boa Noite
Chào buổi tối
3.6 Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Chào buổi trưa
3.7 Good Morning
bom Dia
Chào buổi sáng
3.8 Please
Por Favor
xin vui lòng
3.9 Sorry
pesaroso
Xin lỗi
3.10 Bye
tchau
Tạm biệt
3.11 I Love You
Eu te amo
tôi yêu bạn
3.12 Excuse Me
desculpe me
Xin loi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Northern Vietnamese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Brazil
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00NA
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
European Portuguese
North-central Vietnamese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Portugal
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00NA
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Mid-Central Vietnamese
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4,000.00NA
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
265
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
231.00 million91.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
3.27 %1.14 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
216.00 million75.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
15.00 million16.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Português
tiếng việt (㗂越)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Português
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
5.3.4 French Name
portugais
vietnamien
5.3.5 German Name
Portugiesisch
Vietnamesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
5.5 Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
6 History
6.1 Origin
3rd Century
c. 1440
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Romance
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6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Portuguese
Standard Vietnamese
6.3.3 Language Position
614
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Vietnamese sign languages
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
pt
vi
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
por
vie
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
por
vie
7.3 ISO 639 3
por
vie
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
port1283
viet1252
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
46-EBA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese vs Vietnamese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Portuguese vs Vietnamese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Portuguese or Vietnamese language.

  • Portuguese is spoken as a national language in: Portugal.
  • Vietnamese is spoken as a national language in: Vietnam.

You will also get to know the continents where Portuguese and Vietnamese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Portuguese language is 6 and position of Vietnamese language is 14. Find all the information about these languages on Portuguese and Vietnamese.

Portuguese and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Vietnamese language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese and Vietnamese Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.