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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
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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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