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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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