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Vietnamese and Assamese


Assamese and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Vietnam   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
11   
8

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
Cam on   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
suprobhaat   

Please
xin vui lòng   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
biḍai   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
Western Assam   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Assam   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
vietnamien   
assamais   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Assamese   

Language Position
14   
13
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
asm   

ISO 639 3
vie   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
59-AAF-w   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Vietnamese and Assamese 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 Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Assamese Speaking population

Vietnamese and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Vietnamese vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Assamese Language Codes

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