Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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
Czech Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Prosím
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
slovenčina
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
slovaque
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
6th Century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating