Countries
Vietnam
  
China
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
China
  
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
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
birdam
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
kachurung
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
China
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
China
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
11
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Turkic 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
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Uyghur
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available