Editing Vietnamese language (section)

=== Pure Vietnamese words ===
Basic vocabulary in Vietnamese has Proto-Vietic origins. Vietnamese shares a large amount of vocabulary with the Mường languages, a close relative of the Vietnamese language.
[[File:渃𡽫.png|thumb|''nước non'' in the Vietnamese epic poem ''Đại Nam quốc sử diễn ca'' (大南國史演歌).]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+Basic lexemes in Vietnamese, Mường, [[May language|May]] and [[Munda languages|Munda]]
!English
!Vietnamese
!Mường
!May
!Comparative
!Proto-Vietic
|-
|zero
|''không''
|''không''
|''kħǒŋ''
|
|N/A, from [[Middle Chinese]] 空 /kʰuŋ/
|-
|one
|''một''
|''mốch, môch''
|''muc''
|''mɨy'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*moːc
|-
|two
|''hai''
|''hal''
|''haːl''
|''bar'' ([[Santali language|Santali]])
|*haːr
|-
|three
|''ba''
|''pa''
|''pa''
|''pe'' ([[Santali language|Santali]])
|*pa
|-
|four
|''bốn''
|''pổn''
|''pon''
|''pon'' ([[Santali language|Santali]])
|*poːnʔ
|-
|five
|''năm''
|''đằm, đăm''
|''dăm''
|''mɔ̃ɽɛ̃'' ([[Santali language|Santali]])
|*ɗam
|-
|six
|''sáu''
|''khảu''
|''plǎų''
|''tuɾui'' ([[Korku language|Korku]])
|*p-ruːʔ
|-
|seven
|''bảy''
|''páy''
|''pǎi''
|''ei'' ([[Korku language|Korku]])
|*pəs
|-
|eight
|''tám''
|''thảm''
|''tʰam''
|''tʰam'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*saːmʔ
|-
|nine
|''chín''
|''chỉn''
|''cin''
|''tin'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*ciːnʔ
|-
|ten
|''mười''/''chục''
|''mườl''
|''mal''/''cuk''
|''gel'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*maːl/*ɟuːk
|-
|you
|''mày''
|''mi''
|''ʔami''
|''amən'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*miː
|-
|rain
|''mưa''
|''mưa''
|''kuma̤''
|''gama'' ([[Mundari language|Mundari]])
|*k-ma
|-
|wind
|''gió''
|''xỏ''
|''kuzɔ''
|''hɔjɔ'' ([[Mundari language|Mundari]])
|*k-jɔːʔ ~ *kʰjɔːʔ
|-
|mountain
|''rú''
|''khũ''
|''ɓlu''
|''bɘru'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*b-ruːʔː
|-
|young
|''non''
|''non''
|''kunɔn''
|''kɔnɔn'' ([[Kharia language|Kharia]])
|*k-nɔːn
|-
|water
|''nác > nước''
|''đác''
|''dak''
|''daʔa'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*ɗaːk
|-
|cold
|''lạnh''
|''lẽnh''
|''tabat/l͎uɓat ''
|''raŋga'' ([[Kharia language|Kharia]])
|*nl͎eŋ
|-
|smoke
|''mù''/''khói''
|''mù''/''khỏi''
|''hako''
|''poro'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*ɓɔːjʔ
|-
|leaf
|''lá''
|''lả''
|''ʔula''
|''ola'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*s-laːʔ
|-
|rice
|''gạo''
|''cảo''
|''tako''
|''caole'' ([[Santali language|Santali]])
|*r-koːʔ
|-
|meat
|''ñśic > thịt''
|''thit''
|''cit''
|''sissid'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*-siːt
|-
|fish
|''cá''
|''cả''
|''ʔaka''
|''hako'' ([[Santali language|Santali]])
|*ʔa-kaːʔ
|-
|rat
|''chuột''
|''chuột''
|''kune''
|''gubu'' ([[Bonda language|Bonda]])
|*k-ɟɔːt
|-
|pig
|''cúi''
|''củi''
|''kul''
|''sukri'' ([[Santali language|Santali]])
|*kuːrʔ
|-
|fly (n.)
|''ruồi''
|''ròi''
|''muɽɔi̯''
|''aroi'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*m-rɔːj
|-
|hold
|''cầm''
|''cầm''
|''kadap''
|''kum-si'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*nkɘm
|-
|yawn
|''ngáp''
|''ngáp''
|''puŋoh''
|''aŋgɔ'b'' ([[Santali language|Santali]])
|*s-ŋaːp
|-
|to stab
|''chọc''
|''choc''
|''catʔ''
|''suj'' ([[Sora language|Sora]])
|*ncuk(i)
|-
|steal
|''trộm (đồ)''
|''lỗm''
|''lom''
|''kombro'' ([[Santali language|Santali]])
|*t.luːmʔ
|}

Other compound words, such as nước non (chữ Nôm: 渃𡽫, "country/nation", lit. "water and mountains"), appear to be of purely Vietnamese origin and used to be inscribed in chữ Nôm characters (compounded, self-coined Chinese characters) but are now written in the Vietnamese alphabet.