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Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Vietnam  
Portugal  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Olá  

Thank You
Cam on  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
bom Dia  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
pesaroso  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
tchau  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Português  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Português  

French Name
vietnamien  
portugais  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Portuguese  

Language Position
14  
13
6  
6

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
por  

ISO 639 3
vie  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
port1283  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Vietnamese and Portuguese Speaking population

Vietnamese and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Vietnamese vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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