Countries
Vietnam
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Good Morning
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Please
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Bye
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Not Available
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
anglais
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
5th Century AD
  
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
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic