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In other languages: tiếng Việt

Vietnam

Languages

Description

The majority of the population of Vietnam speak the national language of the country which is Vietnamese, a tonal Austroasiatic language (Mon–Khmer).
Vietnam's minority groups speak a variety of languages which consists of:

• Tày
  
• Mường
  
• Cham
  
• Khmer
  
• Chinese
  
• Nùng (Tai)
  
• Hmong
  

The French language, a legacy of colonial rule, is spoken by many educated Vietnamese as a second language, mostly among the older generation and those educated in the former South Vietnam, where it was a primary language in administration, education and commerce.
English has been progressively used as a second language and the study of English is now mandatory in most schools either alongside or in place of French.

Word List(s)

• Chinese Genealogical Word List
• French Genealogical Word List

Vietnamese

• Useful Vietnamese phrases (Omniglot)
• 120+ Core Vietnamese Words and Phrases for Travelers (Mondly)

Tày

• Tày Vocabulary (Wikipedia)

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Vietnamese

• Vietnamese phonology (Wikipedia)
• Vietnamese basics and grammar (Learn101)
• Vietnamese (Omniglot)
• Vietnamese pronunciation dictionary (Forvo)

Tày

• Tày Phonology (Wikipedia)

Language Aids and Dictionaries

Vietnamese

• Vietnamese Language (mustgo)
• English to Vietnamese dictionary (Cambridge)
• Vietnamese dictionary (Lexilogos)
• English to Vietnamese dictionary (Glosbe)
• Nguyen, Hoai Nhan. Elemental grammar of spoken Vietnamese : the Vietnamese language. Sarthe,France: H. Nguyen, 1986. Available at: WorldCat.

Tày

• English to Tày dictionary (Glosbe)

Additional Resources

• Vietnam (Britannica)