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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Vietnam
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
133
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 National Language
Vietnam
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Chinese Language
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3726
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
125
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2121
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
37
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Xin chào
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Cam on
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
Good Morning
3.8 Please
xin vui lòng
Please
3.9 Sorry
Xin lỗi
Sorry
3.10 Bye
Tạm biệt
Bye
3.11 I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
Xin loi
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA225,000,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5188
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
91.00 million1,200.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
1.14 %5.43 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million400.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
16.00 million400.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
vietnamien
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Vietnamesisch
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1440
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European 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
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
143
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
vi
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
vie
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
vie
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
vie
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
viet1252
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
46-EBA
52-ABA
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Vietnamese vs English Speaking Countries

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

  • Vietnamese is spoken as a national language in: Vietnam.
  • English is spoken as a national language in: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America.

You will also get to know the continents where Vietnamese and English speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of Vietnamese language is 14 and position of English language is 3. Find all the information about these languages on Vietnamese and English.

Vietnamese and English Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and English language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs English Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.