Alternate Names: Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Dialects: Central Vietnamese (Hue), Northern Vietnamese (Hanoi, Tonkinese), Southern Vietnamese. Numerous dialects.
Status Notes: De facto national language.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 65,800,000 in Viet Nam (1999 census). Population total all countries: 67,778,030. Ethnic population: 73,600,000 (2009 census).
Language Use: Also use Vietnamese [vie].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 94%. Literacy rate in L2: 80%. Fully developed. Bible: 1916–1994.
Typology: SVO; prepositions; classifiers and numerals precede noun heads; possessor noun phrases and adjectives follow noun heads.
Spoken In: Viet Nam
Writing System: Braille, Han (Hanzi), Han (Kanji), Han (Hanja), Latin
Nation of Origin: Viet Nam
Other Comments: Kinh is an official ethnic community. Buddhist, Christian.