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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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