Countries
Madagascar
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
azafady
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
malgache
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Malagasy and Vietnamese Speaking population
Malagasy and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malagasy and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Malagasy and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 % 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 Malagasy and Vietnamese on Malagasy vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malagasy and Vietnamese Language Codes
Malagasy and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malagasy and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.