Countries
Vietnam
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Iran
  
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
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Balochi Academy, 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.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
bye
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
19th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available