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Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

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

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

Alphabets
37  
19
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Olá  

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  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
pesaroso  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
tchau  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
desculpe me  

Dialects

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  
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
European Portuguese  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

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  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
15.00 million  
18

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  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Portuguese  

Language Position
14  
13
6  
6

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
por  

ISO 639 3
vie  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
port1283  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Vietnamese and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Portuguese language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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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.

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