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Vietnamese vs Swahili


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Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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.
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Similar To
Chinese Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
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  

History

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
14  
13
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

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  

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Vietnamese and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Swahili language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. 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 Swahili Language History.

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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.

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