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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Austro-Asiatic |
| Branch: Viet-Moung |
| Continent: Asia |
| Country: Viet Nam |
| Region: The entire country. Also spoken in Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cte d'Ivoire, Finland, France, Germany, Laos, Martinique, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA, Vanuatu. |
| Countries Where Spoken: 65,795,718 in VIet Nam (1999 census). Population total all countries: 67,439,139. China. |
| Countries Where Official: Viet Nam |
| Native Speakers: 65,795,718 |
| Speakers Total: 67,439,139 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 608 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 608 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 981 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 2,916 |
| Three Letter Code: VIE |
| Alternative Names: KINH, GIN, JING, CHING, VIET, ANNAMESE |
| Dialects: |
| Summary: Numerous dialects, including the principal ones listed above. People are called 'Kinh.' National language. Grammar. SVO; prepositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives before noun heads; question word initial. Literacy rate in first language: 65%. Literacy rate in second language: 80%. Roman script used. Buddhist, Christian. Bible 1916-1994. |
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