Countries
Vietnam
  
West Java
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Indonesia
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Banten
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Bogor
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Vietnamese and Sundanese 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 Sundanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Sundanese language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Sundanese word for "Thank You" is Nuhun. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Sundanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Sundanese Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.