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Japanese vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Japan  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Cam on  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Sanuki  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Hakata  

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Not Available  

French Name
vietnamien  
japonais  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1185  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Japonic 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  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Japanese  

Language Position
14  
13
8  
8

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
vie  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Japanese language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Japanese Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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