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Russian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Vietnam  
Russia  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Russian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Cam on  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Olonets  

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Novgorod  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Russki  

French Name
vietnamien  
russe  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Russians  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
14  
13
7  
7

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
rus  

ISO 639 3
vie  
rus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Russian Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Russian language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Russian Difficulty

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

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