Countries
Vietnam
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Bon dia
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Vietnamese and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Catalan language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Catalan Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.