Vietnamese
Vietnamese is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Austroasiatic language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Mon-Khmer branch of Austroasiatic; written in the Latin-based Quoc Ngu script with diacritics marking six tones, which replaced the Chinese-character-based Chu Nom script in the 20th century.
6 Levels of Analysis for Vietnamese
Other Austroasiatic languages
Frequently asked about Vietnamese
What language family does Vietnamese belong to?
Austroasiatic.
At which levels can I analyse Vietnamese?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Vietnamese one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.