Countries
Vietnam
South Africa
National Language
Vietnam
South Africa
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
goeie nag
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
goeie more
Please
xin vui lòng
asseblief
Bye
Tạm biệt
Not Available
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Cape Dutch
French Name
vietnamien
afrikaans
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 1440
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
viet1252
afri1274
Linguasphere
46-EBA
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic
Vietnamese and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Vietnamese and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Afrikaans language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Vietnamese and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.