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Vietnamese is both the national and official language of Vietnam and also the language of Vietnamese emigre groups, especially in the US and Australia. In the latter, it is among the most spoken languages after English. Around 80 million people speak Vietnamese. There are several dialects. The Vietnamese alphabet - Quổc Ngữ or National Script is based on the Latin alphabet. Vocabulary has also derived from Chinese and French influences.
This page provides access to online courses, Vietnamese/English/Vietnamese dictionaries, current events, cultural information, grammar, vocabulary activities, tutorials, podcasts, Free and Fee-based software, other selected resources and general information.
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Vietnamese Language Courses
Courses
- 20 Lessons
Two versions depending on the age of your computer and browser. Also has Java quizzes. - Have Fun Learning
‘Lessons, games, and activities to learn Vietnamese. Listen to native speakers at home with activities especially for children’. Hello World. - L-ceps
Ten lessons covering the basics of the language. Has audio files to accompany vocabulary work. This also links to the L-Lingo site listed below. - Learn How To Speak Vietnamese [EverydayViet]
A series of online video lessons hosted on YouTube. You can also access the lessons from the EverydayViet site. - L-Lingo Viet
Access 40 Free lessons or subscribe and access 105. Flash presentations. You have access to setting up the process to fit your system. - Vietnamese 101
Pronunciation, Phrases & Vocabulary, Vietnamese Language. Each section has multiple components, e.g. Language - Overview, news, classification, geography, history, grammar, writing system, vocabulary. - Vietnamese Basic Course
Foreign Services Institute. PDF student text, plus MP3 tapes for audio presentations. Two Volumes with student text. Guide to Pronunciation using 8 tapes [MP3]. - VinaTown
A sequence of short lessons hosted on YouTube. You can load additional lessons using the button at the bottom.
Language Tools
Alphabets
- Guide to Pronunciation
‘To see the tables and examples, click on one of the choices in the panel to the left. When one of the panels appears, click on the sound icon to hear the sound’. - The Vietnamese Writing System
‘Modern Vietnamese is written with the Latin alphabet, known as quoc ngu in Vietnamese’. Good description. - Vietnamese Alphabet
Letter names, pronunciation, consonants, vowels, tone marks, structure, history, quoc ngu, computer support, bibliography, further reading, links. From Wikipedia. - Vietnamese Typing Utility
Includes the Vietnamese accent.
Dictionaries
- Dictionaries for Vietnamese
Dictionaries linking Vietnamese with other languages. Support materials for usage. - Nôm Lookup
Links between Vietnamese and several other languages. Provides multiple responses including ideograms, meanings, more. This link opens to the home page. Select the Lookup Tool from the main menu. - Vdict : Vietnamese/English/French Dictionary
‘Look up in all dictionaries simultaneously, browse for words, use wildcards, suggests options if spelling is not accurate, audio pronunciation for English words’, more. - Vietnamese Dictionary
‘Free Vietnamese English Dictionary. Use our dictionary search for English to Vietnamese and Vietnamese to English translation’. - Vietnamese Dictionary [Babylon]
‘Provides a broad based vocabulary and concise translations. It is a reliable tool for Vietnamese speakers to approach the English language. Wonderfully animated providing phonetics and Part of Speech’ - Vietnamese Online Dictionary
‘VNDic currently supports 7 dictionaries : Vietnamese - English dictionary; English - Vietnamese dictionary; Vietnamese - French dictionary; French - Vietnamese dictionary; Vietnamese - Vietnamese dictionary; English - English dictionary [WordNet 2.1]; Free Online Dictionary Of Computing [FOLDOC]; Audio pronunciation for English words’. - Vietnamese Picture Dictionary [Milet]‘Words are arranged by topic : colours, plants, food, animals, human body, house, clothing, communications, school and office, numbers, shapes, musical instruments, sports and games, transportation and seaside’. Note this is Fee-based.
General Sites
- A Glimpse of Vietnam
‘Online Viewing and Listening Activities for Learners of Vietnamese’. For intermediate and advanced levels. - Digital Dialects : Vietnamese
‘Click on the links below to begin the games for learning Vietnamese’. - Free Vietnamese Lessons and Courses
‘Free language lessons and courses for those learning Vietnamese, along with some other Vietnamese language resources, such as Vietnamese online newspapers, Vietnamese dictionaries, Vietnamese internet radio sites, and other sources relevant to the student of Vietnamese’. - Learning Vietnamese Online
‘Links to web sites that offer language activities, online lessons, resources for learners of Vietnamese language’. - Learning Vietnamese Through Songs
‘Click on the song titles or images to access learning activities’. For intermediate and advanced levels. - Learn Vietnamese Your Way
‘As the name of the this site suggests, this site is dedicated to helping you obtain a solid understanding of the Vietnamese Language. And it also aims to help you get there quickly’. Currently four sections : Learning Language, XPress Grammar, XPress Vocabulary and Resources. One of their tools is Words in News, which allows you ‘to search for how a word or phrase is used in the latest news’. - Online Vietnamese Pronunciation and Spelling Practice
Alphabet, sound discrimination, tongue twisters, riddles and Folk Poetry, songs and poems, practice. - Quick Vietnamese
‘For 7 days in the country’. Lessons done by days from Arrival to Departure. - Survival Phrases
Some lessons free. To access all lessons is Fee-based. - Vietnamese
History, sounds, grammar, vocabulary, writing system, references, further readings, links. From Wikipedia. - Vietnamese Language
geographic distribution, classification, policy, history, vocabulary, sounds, variation, grammar, writing system, pragmatics, ethnography, examples, notes, bibliography, links. From Wikipedia. - Vietnamese Language [2]
‘Articles and resources to help you read or speak Vietnamese. This section includes an interesting list of Vietnamese proverbs, Vietnamese fonts you can use on your computer, and resources for learning the Vietnamese language’. - Vietnamese Language [Martindale]
Extensive list of links to aspects of language from speech to dictionaries, lessons to keyboards. - Vietnamese Language Tools
- Vietnamese Virtual Keyboard
- VNKeys
‘Online Vietnamese Keyboard’.
Other Resources
Culture
- Vietnamese Culture
‘Getting to know Vietnam and Vietnamese culture is interesting and fascinating. We hope with this website, you can find the most fascinating resources to understand Vietnamese culture and beyond’. From Customs to religion, Art to history. - Vietnamese Language, Culture, Van-Hoa, History
Online resources, information - Vietnamese Nôm Foundation
Group trying to ensure survival of the Vietnamese script, in use for a millennia.
General Sites
- English-Vietnamese Translator
- Lexicon of Words taken from French
Listing with all forms. - SurvivalPhrases - Vietnamese
‘Whether you’re travelling, visiting or sightseeing, SurvivalPhrases.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you’. - Vietnamese Literature
‘Promotes Vietnamese literature in English translation, when necessary, to the world’.
Software
- Freelang Vietnamese-English Dictionary
‘Download our Free dictionary [for Windows] and browse both the Vietnamese-English and the English-Vietnamese lists. An online version is also available’. - LVTD …
An English ←→ Vietnamese Dictionary for Windows. Free program. - Rosetta Stone Vietnamese
Two main programs, one in several parts. Fee-based. - Vietnamese Picture Dictionary
Note this is Fee-based. - Vietnamese Text-to-Speech Engine
Freeware. - VietReader
‘Import a Vietnamese text into VietReader and get instant word-translations by moving the cursor through the text or clicking on a word. Runs on every operating system with a Java SE 1.6 [or higher] installation’. Provided through SourceForge.