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Vietnamese

Vietnamese is the official language of Vietnam and is spoken by millions across the globe. It is a tonal language with a rich tradition of literature and culture.

  • Classification

    Austro-Asiatic > Mon-Khmer

  • Speakers

    90 million

  • Script

    Roman

  • Text direction

    Left-to-right

  • Official language

    Vietnam

  • Also spoken

    Cambodia, Hong Kong

Vietnamese

Vietnamese is an Austroasiatic language spoken in Vietnam. Another well-known language in this group is Cambodian.

Vietnamese is the national language of Vietnam and also has been officially recognized as a minority language in the Czech Republic, which provides the Vietnamese community there the right to use Vietnamese with public authorities anywhere in the country. In the USA, it is the 6th most spoken language.

Initially, Vietnamese was written with two Chinese scripts. The influence of Chinese meant that some 30-60% of Vietnamese vocabulary has been naturalized from Chinese. Today Vietnamese uses the Latin script with additional diacritics and digraphs.

It is a tonal language, like Chinese, where the meaning of the word changes depending on the tone. Furthermore, each syllable is written separately as if it was a separate word (i.e. in English it would be written: wri-ting-sys-tem”).

At Geo Language Services, our Vietnamese translations are crafted to ensure cultural sensitivity and linguistic accuracy, making your content relatable and engaging for Vietnamese-speaking audiences.

Services offered for this language

Translation / Transcreation / Subtitling / Localization / Adaptation / Copywriting / Authoring / Proofreading / Revision / Editing / Translation quality assurance / Terminology / Linguistic validation / Glossary creation / Dubbing / Voice-overs / Transcription / Typesetting / Simultaneous interpreting / Consecutive interpreting / Conference interpreting / Telephone interpreting / Public service interpreting / Interpreting equipment hire / Foreign language consulting

Interesting fact

In Vietnamese, siblings are often given the same middle name to distinguish them from other generations in their family.

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