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Spanish vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Vietnam  
Spain  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
Cam on  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Buenos Días  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
triste  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
adiós  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Cuban Spanish  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Español  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
vietnamien  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
210 BC  

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  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
14  
13
2  
2

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
spa  

ISO 639 3
vie  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Spanish language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Spanish Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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