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Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Xin chào  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Cam on  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Olonets  
North-central Vietnamese  

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

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
Русский  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

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

French Name
russe  
vietnamien  

German Name
Russisch  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
7  
7
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
vie  

ISO 639 3
rus  
vie  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Russian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Vietnamese language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Vietnamese Language History.

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

Russian vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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