Countries
Vietnam
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
India
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
marathe
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available