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THE INTERESTING COMPARISON OF WORD COUNT IN VIETNAMESE AND OTHER LANGUAGES
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- NGUYEN ANH TUAN
✨THE INTERESTING COMPARISON OF WORD COUNT IN VIETNAMESE AND OTHER LANGUAGES 🌍📚🤯✨
Hello my loves! 🙋♀️🙋♂️ Today we'll explore 🔍 a super interesting topic in linguistics! 😍📖 It's the comparison of vocabulary size between Vietnamese and other languages in the world! 🌎🗣️ How rich 💰 is the vocabulary 📚 of our mother tongue? Let's analyze 🔍 this issue together!
First of all, counting 🔢 the number of words in a language is not as simple as we think! 😅 Linguists have to consider 🤔 many factors such as the definition of a word 📖, data collection methods 📥, the level of language development... So the statistical results 📊 can vary depending on the reference source! 😌💡
According to statistics, Vietnamese currently has about 39,920 words recorded 📝 and defined in the dictionary. 🇻🇳📘 Although this number is not too impressive 😎 compared to some other languages, it still shows the richness in expression 🗣️ of Vietnamese people!
The language considered to have the least words in the world 🌍 is Taki Taki, with only 340 words! 😲 Meanwhile, the language with the richest vocabulary belongs to Korean 🇰🇷, with an unbelievable number 😱 of up to 1,373,000 words! What a huge difference 🤯, right?
However, don't rush to think that the number of words determines the superiority 🏆 of a language! Each language 🌐 has its own beauty, tied to the culture 🎭 and soul of the people. Whether with few or many words, we can still express 💬 our feelings and ideas in a colorful 🌈 and creative 🎨 way!
Therefore, don't focus too much 👀 on comparing vocabulary size between languages! 😉 Instead, let's appreciate 🙌 the diversity and uniqueness of each linguistic🗺️! Who knows, we might find inspiration 💡 from minority languages👥 and lesser-known ones?
Do you find this fact 🤓 about vocabulary size interesting? Comment 💬 and let me know your thoughts! And don't forget to tag 🏷️ your language-loving friends to discuss together! 😘💕 See you 👋 in the next post! Lots of love! 😍💖