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Vietnamese and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
South Africa  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
hallo  

Thank You
Cam on  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
goeie more  

Please
xin vui lòng  
asseblief  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
jammer  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Not Available  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Namibia  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
10.30 million  
22

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
vietnamien  
afrikaans  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
14  
13
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
afr  

ISO 639 3
vie  
afr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
afrs  

Glottocode
viet1252  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic  

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All Vietnamese and Afrikaans Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Vietnamese and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Afrikaans Speaking population

Vietnamese and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Vietnamese and Afrikaans on Vietnamese vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Afrikaans Language Codes

Vietnamese and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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