Countries
Indonesia
  
Vietnam
  
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 in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
91.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Indonesian and Vietnamese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Indonesian and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Vietnamese language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Vietnamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Indonesian and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.