Countries
Vietnam
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
16th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
No Data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Vietnamese and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Filipino language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Filipino Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.