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Vietnamese and Chinese History


Chinese and Vietnamese Language History


History

Origin
c. 1440   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan 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   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
14   
13
1   
1

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Vietnamese and Chinese

The Early forms of Vietnamese and Chinese explains the evolution of Vietnamese and Chinese languages which is under Vietnamese and Chinese history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Vietnamese and Chinese history we will understand how the Vietnamese and Chinese languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Vietnamese: Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese.
  • Early forms of Chinese: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Vietnamese: Standard Vietnamese.
  • Standard forms of Chinese: Standard Chinese.
  • Signed forms of Vietnamese: Vietnamese sign languages
  • Signed forms of Chinese: Vietnamese sign languages

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Vietnamese and Chinese Language Family

In Vietnamese and Chinese history, you will get to know about Vietnamese and Chinese language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Vietnamese is a part of Austroasiatic Family while Chinese is a part of Sino-Tibetan Family. The subgroup and branch of Vietnamese is Not Available and Not Available resp. The subgroup and branch of Chinese is Not Available and Not Available resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Vietnamese and Chinese language on Vietnamese vs Chinese alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Vietnamese vs Chinese Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Vietnamese vs Chinese language rank. Vietnamese and Chinese history gives you Vietnamese and Chinese language rank. The Vietnamese language rank is 14. And Chinese language rank is 1. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Vietnamese vs Chinese.

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