Learning Vietnamese Resources
The Vietnamese language is spoken by more than 80 million people across the world. Approximately 65 million people in Vietnam speak the language but it is also spoken by people living in Cambodia, Laos, and the USA as well as in Cambodia, France, Australia, Laos, Canada and a number of other countries. 86% of the population in Vietnam speak Vietnamese as their first language.
Though its linguistic connection to the Chinese language in all areas has not been definitively established, the Vietnamese language is a tonal language like Chinese. Vietnamese was originally written in Siniform, a Chinese-like writing script. Like Korean and Japanese, extensive vocabulary has been borrowed from the Chinese language.
Vietnamese has been the official language of csince it gained independence from France in 1954. The influence of Western culture on Vietnamese is clear as it is now written in the western alphabet. During the 17th century Roman Catholic missionaries introduced a Latin orthography which remains today.
The following page provides a variety of learning Vietnamese language resources, RSS Feeds, Videos, and links for basic lessons.
