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Vietnamese

Other Language Families of Asia

Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam and, with around 86 million native speakers, by far the most widely spoken Austroasiatic language, belonging to that family Vietic subgroup. It is written using a Latin-based alphabet known as chu Quoc ngu, developed by missionaries and adopted as the standard script during the twentieth century in place of the earlier Chinese-derived chu Nom script.

Facts
Speaker Count
86,000,000 2
Status
Living 2
Attested From (Year)
from 1201 3
Region
Vietnam, where it is the official language 2
Classification
Language Kind
Safe 1
Official Status
Official Language 2
Connections

Associated With

Han Script, Scripts

In Family

Austroasiatic, Language Families
Source Wikipedia: Vietnamese Language

Written In

Latin Script, Scripts
Source Wikipedia: Vietnamese Language
In the Other Atlases

Cases Where Used

Radio Veritas Asia

Also in Divinity Atlas: used in this subject.

Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

Also in History Atlas: used in this subject.

Original Language Of

Apocalypse Now Redux

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Cyclo

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Bao Ninh

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Nguyễn Du

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

The Sorrow of War

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

The Tale of Kieu

Also in Literature Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Found In

Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Glottolog: Vietnamese (Glottolog languoid viet1252)
GlottologEndangerment, AES status
Quote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
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2. Wikipedia: Vietnamese Language
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section, Austroasiatic Vietic classification and speaker figure
  • Lead section, spoken natively by around 86 million people
  • Lead section, region description
  • Lead section, current native speaker figures
  • Lead section
    Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 86 million people, and as a second language by 11 million people, several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined.
  • In Family: Austroasiatic, Lead section, Austroasiatic language, Vietic subgroup statement
  • Written In: Latin Script, Writing system section, chu Quoc ngu Latin-based alphabet statement
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3. Omniglot: Vietnamese language, alphabet and pronunciation
OmniglotLanguage at a glance
Quote, Language at a glance
First written : 13th century
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