Countries
Vietnam
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Vietnamese and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Punjabi language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.