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Vietnamese vs Chinese

1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Vietnam
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
15
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
Vietnam
China, Taiwan
1.4 Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic
Indonesia, Malaysia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Chinese Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3726
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1224
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2123
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
36
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Xin chào
您好 (Nín hǎo)
3.2 Thank You
Cam on
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
3.3 How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
3.4 Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
3.5 Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
3.7 Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
早安 (Zǎo ān)
3.8 Please
xin vui lòng
请 (Qǐng)
3.9 Sorry
Xin lỗi
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
3.10 Bye
Tạm biệt
再见 (Zàijiàn)
3.11 I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
3.12 Excuse Me
Xin loi
劳驾 (Láojià)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Mandarin
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA960,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Wu
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
China, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA80,000,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Yue
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA60,000,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
510
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
91.00 million1,051.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.14 %16.00 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million873.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million178.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
中文 (zhōngwén)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
vietnamien
chinois
5.3.5 German Name
Vietnamesisch
Chinesisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Han
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1440
1250 BC
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Standard Chinese
6.3.3 Language Position
141
Persian
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
vi
zh
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
vie
zho
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
vie
chi
7.3 ISO 639 3
vie
zho
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
viet1252
sini1245
7.6 Linguasphere
46-EBA
79-AAA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating

Vietnamese vs Chinese Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare Vietnamese vs Chinese speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak Vietnamese or Chinese language.

  • Vietnamese is spoken as a national language in: Vietnam.
  • Chinese is spoken as a national language in: China, Taiwan.

You will also get to know the continents where Vietnamese and Chinese speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Vietnamese language is 14 and position of Chinese language is 1. Find all the information about these languages on Vietnamese and Chinese.

Vietnamese and Chinese Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Chinese language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Chinese language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Vietnamese and Chinese Language History.

Vietnamese and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Chinese language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Vietnamese vs Chinese Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.