Countries
Vietnam
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Habari
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
pole
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
bye
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
15.00 million
  
40
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
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
swahili
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Vietnamese and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Swahili language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Swahili Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.