1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Vietnam
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Chinese Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Xin chào
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Cam on
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
xin vui lòng
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
Xin lỗi
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Xin loi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
91.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
75.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating