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Vietnamese, the official language of Vietnam is used as the first language by around 86% of the Vietnamese population. The figure increases when the approximately 3 million Vietnamese living overseas are taken into account. Most of the Vietnamese living overseas can be found residing in the USA. In fact, Vietnamese is the 7th most popularly spoken language in the USA.
The figures add up to provide considerable opportunities in the field of Vietnamese translation, specially in the area of Vietnamese to English and English to Vietnamese translation. The following facts about Vietnamese language have been chosen for those who are associated with Vietnamese translation, whether as a translation buyer or translator.
- Vietnamese belongs to the Austroasiatic family of languages. In fact, it has the largest number of speakers among all the languages in the Austroasiatic family.
- A significant portion of the Vietnamese vocabulary was developed with words borrowed from the classical Chinese language. In the beginning, and through most of its history, Vietnamese was written following a modified Chinese system of writing and localized pronunciation. As such the Vietnamese language continues to share substantial similarities with Cantonese.
- A leading percentage of the Vietnamese vocabulary used for science and politics has been taken from Chinese. What’s more about 70% of Vietnamese words have their roots in the Chinese language.
- The present day Vietnamese system of writing has been adapted from the Latin alphabet in which diacritics have been added for tones along with certain letters. It has a relatively large number of vowels which is a characteristic commonly found in Southeast Asian Languages. Most of these vowels are pronounced with a specific tone. The Vietnamese syntax follows the “Subject Verb Object” order of words.
- Vietnamese is spoken in a number of dialects based on regional variations. The various dialects can be grouped under the following broad categories, these are – Northern Vietnamese, North-Central Vietnamese, Central Vietnamese and Southern Vietnamese. All these dialects are mostly mutually intelligible to varying degrees.
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