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Vietnamese and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Vietnam   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Malay language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Xin chào   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
Cam on   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
mohon Untuk   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
maaf   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
indonésien   
vietnamien   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
56   
99+
14   
13

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
vie   

ISO 639 3
ind   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Indonesian and Vietnamese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Indonesian and Vietnamese dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Vietnamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Vietnamese Dialects are spoken in different Vietnamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Vietnamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese , North-central Vietnamese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Vietnamese Speaking population

Indonesian and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Indonesian and Vietnamese on Indonesian vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Vietnamese Language Codes

Indonesian and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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