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
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
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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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
swah1254
viet1252
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
46-EBA
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.