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Serbian vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Xin chào  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Cam on  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Northern Vietnamese  

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
North-central Vietnamese  

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

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

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

French Name
serbe  
vietnamien  

German Name
Serbisch  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
44  
33
14  
13

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
vie  

ISO 639 3
srp  
vie  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
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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Serbian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Vietnamese language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Vietnamese Language History.

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

Serbian vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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