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Language code: vie

Technical information about ISO 639 language code vie

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The table below provides technical details for the Vietnamese language, designated by the vie code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

vie

Name

Official

Vietnamese

Native

Tiếng Việt

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern VietnameseCentral VietnameseSouthern Vietnamese
Related languages
MuongAremRucThavung
Key facts
Written with the Latin-based Quốc Ngữ script that uses diacritics for tones and certain consonantsA tonal language: the Northern standard distinguishes six tones while some Southern varieties have fiveGrammar is analytic and follows Subject–Verb–Object order with extensive use of classifiersVocabulary shows heavy historical borrowing from Literary Chinese and later from French and EnglishPronouns are largely replaced by kinship or social status terms, creating a rich system of address
Sample phrase

Xin chào, bạn khỏe không?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Vietnamese language, identified by the code vie, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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