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2006-12-23 09:55:24 · 26 answers · asked by Debbie 1 in Society & Culture Languages

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According to official figures, 86.2% of the population speak Vietnamese as a native language. In its early history, Vietnamese writing used Chinese characters. In the 13th century, the Vietnamese developed their own set of characters called Chữ nôm. The celebrated epic Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều or The Tale of Kieu) by Nguyễn Du was written in Chữ nôm. During the French colonial period, Quốc ngữ, the romanised Vietnamese alphabet representation of spoken Vietnamese which was a collective fruit of several Portuguese missionaries, became popular and brought literacy to the masses.

Various other languages are spoken by the several minority groups in Vietnam. The most spoken of these languages are: Tày, Mường, Khmer, Chinese, Nùng, H'Mông. The French language, a legacy of colonial rule is still spoken by some older Vietnamese as a second language but is losing its popularity. Russian — and to a much lesser extent Czech or Polish — is often known among those whose families had ties with the Soviet bloc. In recent years, Chinese, Japanese and English have become the most popular foreign languages, with English being obligatory courses in most schools



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GEEEEZ about 10 replies in 10 seconds!!!

2006-12-23 10:05:50 · answer #1 · answered by Hasnain Mir Mohammed 3 · 0 1

Vietnamese. According to official figures, 86.2% of the population of Vietnam speak Vietnamese as a native language.

Various other languages are spoken by the several minority groups in Vietnam. The most spoken of these languages are: Tày, Mường, Khmer, Chinese, Nùng, H'Mông. The French language, a legacy of colonial rule is still spoken by some older Vietnamese as a second language but is losing its popularity. Russian — and to a much lesser extent Czech or Polish — is often known among those whose families had ties with the Soviet bloc. In recent years, Chinese, Japanese and English have become the most popular foreign languages, with English being obligatory courses in most schools

2006-12-23 09:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Vietnamese.

Languages usually belong to "families"; e.g. English, along with German, Dutch, Yiddish etc, is part of the Western branch of the Germanic subgroup of the Indo-European family. Interestingly (or not), although it is considered to be an independent language with no family adherence, Vietnamese imports about half its words from Chinese.

Also interestingly (or, again, not), some Vietnamese letters can have 2 diacriticals (i.e. accents) at the same time, a feature I've not come across in any other language.

An example (without the accents) -

Day vuon co moc lau thua,
Song trang quanh-aue, vach mura ra-roi.

2006-12-23 21:49:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There are three Offical languages in Vietnam:

Vietnamese (National tounge)
French (as Vietnam was under French rule until 1954)
English (American and Australian involvement of the Vietnam war)

2006-12-23 10:01:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Vietnamese

2006-12-23 09:58:48 · answer #5 · answered by Her 2 · 0 0

with the aid of fact the Doi Moi (Renewal) software began in 1986, English has develop into the main regularly occurring distant places language in Vietnam. chinese language and French are no longer almost as regularly occurring different than between linguists and expert interpreters.

2016-12-18 18:20:39 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Vietnamese (official)
English (increasingly favored as a second language)
some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
For the person who called the original poster a "retard", shame on you for being so juvenile, especially since your reply was not properly researched, anyway.

2006-12-23 10:07:20 · answer #7 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0 0

Vietnamese.

2006-12-23 09:58:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Vietnamese.

2006-12-23 09:57:35 · answer #9 · answered by jmiller 5 · 1 0

Vietnamese.

2006-12-23 09:56:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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