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Vietnamese

“He that has a tongue in his head may find his way

anywhere.”

‐ Vietnamese Proverb

GENERAL INFORMATION

 Number of speakers: More than 1.5 million speakers of Vietnamese in the United States

(U.S. Census, 2010)

 Writing system: The Vietnamese alphabet (quốc ngữ) in use today is a Latin alphabet with

additional diacritics for tones, and certain letters.

 Language Family: Austro‐Asiatic—Mon‐Khmer—Viet‐Muong
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 Official language in: Vietnam and among approximately 3 million people residing in other

locations around the world

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