Countries
West Java
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Mangga
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Not Available
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
soundanais
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
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
Sundanese
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
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