Countries
Vietnam
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
sorry
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
somali
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
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
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
soma1255
  
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