×

Language Stats: compare key data on Singapore & Vietnam

  1. Home
  2. Country Info
  3. Compare
  4. Singapore vs. Vietnam
  5. Language

Definitions

SHOW ALL
LESS
SHARE TWEET EMBED
STAT Singapore Vietnam HISTORY
Languages Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Linguistic diversity index 0.748
Ranked 41st. 3 times more than Vietnam 		0.234
Ranked 131st.
Major language(s) English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil Vietnamese

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: Linguistic diversity index (Rankings by country) (UNESCO World Report – Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

SHOW ALL
LESS

Citation

Compare Singapore and Vietnam in
Agriculture Energy Lifestyle
Background Environment Media
Conflict Geography Military
Cost of living Government People
Crime Health Religion
Culture Import Sports
Disasters Industry Terrorism
Economy Labor Transport
Education Language

Factoid #121

Stats

Country profiles

Compare

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.

We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!

We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.

Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.

×