Countries
Vietnam
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available