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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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