Countries
Vietnam
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic
  
Vietnamese and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Slovak language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Slovak Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.