Countries
Vietnam
  
India
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
India
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
6.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
santal
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austroasiatic 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available