Countries
Vietnam
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
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
  
alo
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
scuze
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Romanians
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
1521
  
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
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic