Vietnamese
Vietnamese belongs to the
Austro-Asiatic language which was established quite a long time ago in East
Asia. It is the national language of Viet Nam, with a total of nearly
70,000,000 speakers dispersed through many nations. In addition to the
65,000,000 in Viet Nam, significant numbers are found in; United States, France,
Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Laos, Australia, China, New Caledonia, Norway
and The Netherlands. Smaller groups are found in many other countries.
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