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ISO 639-3 · vievie
Austroasiatic family
Vietnamese
Tiếng Việt
Vietnamese is a language of the Vietic branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in Vietnam and China. Wikidata counts 76 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Austroasiatic language originating in Vietnam”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
vie- ISO 639-1
vi- Glottocode
viet1252- Family
- Austroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- UNESCO
- Safe
- Centre point
- 16.00, 108.00
- Wikipedia
- 168 language editions
76 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
4scripts
3levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Vietnamese · Tiếng Việt |
|---|---|
| Also called | tiếng Việt, Vietnamese language, vie |
| L1 speakers | 76,000,000 (2019) |
| Written in | Vietnamese alphabet, Vietnamese Braille, chữ Nôm, Latin script |
| Official in | Vietnam |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Safe
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Vietnamese
The branches above Vietnamese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Vietnam
fraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalkhmKhmerAustroasiatic · 17.6 m1 · NationalhmnHmongHmong–Mien · 4.5 m5 · DevelopingpccBouyeiKra–Dai · 2 m6a · VigoroustyzTàyKra–Dai · 1.5 m6b · ThreatenedmtqMuongAustroasiatic · 1.1 m6a · VigorousnutNungKra–Dai · 850,0005 · DevelopingiumIu MienHmong–Mien · 820,0005 · DevelopingbltTai DamKra–Dai · 760,0005 · DevelopinghniHaniSino-Tibetan · 740,0006a · Vigorous