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Vietnamese vs German


German vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Vietnam  
Germany  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
9  
1

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
hallo  

Thank You
Cam on  
Danke  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
guten Morgen  

Please
xin vui lòng  
bitte  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Tschüs  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Swabian German  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
vietnamien  
allemand  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Deutsch  

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
14  
13
9  
9

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
ger  

ISO 639 3
vie  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
viet1252  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and German Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and German language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs German Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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