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Vietnamese vs Spanish


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
22   
12
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
1.14 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
2   
2
14   
13

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Spanish and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Vietnamese language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Vietnamese Language History.

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

Spanish vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The Spanish vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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