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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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