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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Vietnam

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Vietnam

1.4 Second Language

Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Czech Republic

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Chinese Language

1.10 Derived From

Chinese Language

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

37
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

12
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Xin chào

3.2 Thank You

Cam on

3.3 How Are You?

Bạn khỏe không?

3.4 Good Night

Chúc ngủ ngon

3.5 Good Evening

Chào buổi tối

3.6 Good Afternoon

Chào buổi trưa

3.7 Good Morning

Chào buổi sáng

3.8 Please

xin vui lòng

3.9 Sorry

Xin lỗi

3.10 Bye

Tạm biệt

3.11 I Love You

tôi yêu bạn

3.12 Excuse Me

Xin loi

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Northern Vietnamese

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

North-central Vietnamese

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Mid-Central Vietnamese

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

5
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

91.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

1.14 %
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

75.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

16.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

tiếng việt (㗂越)

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet

5.3.4 French Name

vietnamien

5.3.5 German Name

Vietnamesisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)

5.5 Ethnicity

Vietnamese (Kinh) people

6 History

6.1 Origin

c. 1440

6.2 Language Family

Austroasiatic Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Standard Vietnamese

6.3.3 Language Position

14
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Vietnamese sign languages

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

vi

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

vie

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

vie

7.3 ISO 639 3

vie

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

viet1252

7.6 Linguasphere

46-EBA

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating

Origin of Vietnamese language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Vietnamese language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Vietnamese language states that it was put to use in c. 1440. The history of Vietnamese language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Vietnamese Language History.The evolution of Vietnamese language began with early forms such as Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese. Standard Vietnamese is the standard form of Vietnamese language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Vietnamese Language.

Vietnamese population

Vietnamese population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Vietnamese language. Vietnamese language is spoken by 91.00 million people in the world. Most of the Vietnamese population lies in the Vietnamese Speaking Countries. Vietnamese language is spoken as first language by 75.00 million people and as second language by about 16.00 million people. Get to know Vietnamese speaking population in detail.

Vietnamese writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Vietnamese writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Vietnamese language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Vietnamese language. Learn more about . 

Information about Vietnamese language

Check out all the information about Vietnamese language here. You may find it interesting to learn Vietnamese Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Vietnamese Speaking Countries, Vietnamese speaking continents and Vietnamese Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Vietnamese countries knowing common Vietnamese Greetings will help you in communicating with Vietnamese people.