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French vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
32  
3

National Language
Vietnam  
France  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Africa, Canada  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Italian Language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
bonjour  

Thank You
Cam on  
Merci  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Comment allez-vous?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
bonne Nuit  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
bonsoir  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
bon Après-Midi  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Bonjour  

Please
xin vui lòng  
S'il vous plaît  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
désolé  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
au revoir  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Je t'aime  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Excuse Moi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Quebec French  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,200,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
African French  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Africa  

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,800,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
1.12 %  
17

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
87.00 million  
11

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
français  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Français  

French Name
vietnamien  
français  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Französisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
9th Century  

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 French, Middle French and French  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Standard French  

Language Position
14  
13
13  
12

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
fr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
fra  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
fre  

ISO 639 3
vie  
fra  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
fras  

Glottocode
viet1252  
stan1290  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
51-AAA-i  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and French Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and French language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 French Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs French Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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