Countries
Vietnam
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Vietnam
Portugal
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Chinese Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Cam on
obrigado
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Como você está?
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
boa noite
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
bom Dia
Please
xin vui lòng
Por Favor
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Xin loi
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Português
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Português
French Name
vietnamien
portugais
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
c. 1440
3rd Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Portuguese
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
port1283
Linguasphere
46-EBA
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Vietnamese and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Portuguese language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.