Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
tafadhali
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
pole
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
bye
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Not Available
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
swahili
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
6th century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Swahili 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 Swahili and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Vietnamese language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Swahili vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.