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Chinese and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Vietnam  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
24  
19

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Cam on  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Not Available  

French Name
vietnamien  
chinois  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Chinesisch  

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Han  

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  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
chi  

ISO 639 3
vie  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Vietnamese and Chinese Speaking population

Vietnamese and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Vietnamese vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Chinese Language Codes

Vietnamese and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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