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[deactivated user]
Yes, to be more specific, tiếng means "sound". For example: Tiếng Pháp là một ngôn ngữ = French is a language (lit. France sound is a language). Tiếng always appears before the name of the languge, almost like a classifer.
November 2, 2016
To be even more specific: Tiếng itself has multiple meanings while ngôn ngữ is strictly "language". Tiếng can mean "sound", "noise", "language" or "reputation/fame/notoriety". It can also mean "hour", often used in Southern Vietnamese [e.g. hai tiếng (đồng hồ) nữa = (in) 2 (more) hours/in 2 hours' time].
November 2, 2016
Yes but tiếng also means noise, sound and reputation/fame/notoriety and even "hour"
November 2, 2016
