Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Spain
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Por Favor
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
triste
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
adiós
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Español
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating