Countries
Vietnam
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
arménien
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Armenians
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic