Countries
Vietnam
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Slán
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional