Countries
Vietnam
  
India
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
India
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Not Available
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
2000 B.C.
  
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
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic
  
Vietnamese and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Sanskrit language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.