Countries
Vietnam
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
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Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
hej
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
god morgon
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
hej då
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
suédois
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available