Vietnamese language
Vietnamese (ISO 639-3 code vie) is a language of the Austroasiatic family spoken in China, Laos, and Vietnam. It has about 86,000,000 speakers.
Vietnamese dictionary: 42,196 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Vietnamese dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | vie |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | viet1252 |
| Family | Austroasiatic |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | China, Laos, Vietnam |
| Speakers (estimate) | 86,000,000 |
Vietnamese words
Related languages
Other Austroasiatic languages, nearest first.
- Khmer17,000,000 speakers
- Eastern Bru82,300 speakers
- Central Mnong52,500 speakers
- U40,000 speakers
- Lave32,230 speakers
- Western Bru20,000 speakers
- Riang (Myanmar)15,500 speakers
- Chrau15,000 speakers
- Phai6,281 speakers
- Tai Loi4,460 speakers
- Kháng3,921 speakers
- Bugan2,700 speakers
More about Vietnamese
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.