Vietnamese

Vietnamese

Tiếng Việt
76M speakers · Austroasiatic Vietic · Latin
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Written in the latin script. Uses SVO word order with analytic morphology. Notable features include tonal distinctions, a politeness/honorific system, pronoun dropping.

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Official in 1 countries

Vietnam

86,804 km²

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Typology

Word order SVO
Adjective after noun
Numeral before noun
Adposition preposition
Def. article yes
Pro-drop no
Tonal yes
Gender no
Noun cases no

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