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Malayalam and Vietnamese


Vietnamese and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
12   
9

How Many Consonants
41   
30
21   
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)   
Xin chào   

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)   
Cam on   

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
വിട (viṭa)   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam   
Northern Vietnamese   

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

Dialect 2
Mappila   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
India   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million   
33
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
malayalam   
vietnamien   

German Name
Malayalam   
Vietnamesisch   

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

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
29   
24
14   
13

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ml   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
mal   
vie   

ISO 639 3
mal   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Vietnamese dialects. Various dialects of Malayalam and Vietnamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malayalam are spoken in different Malayalam Speaking Countries whereas Vietnamese Dialects are spoken in different Vietnamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malayalam vs Vietnamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam, Mappila. Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese , North-central Vietnamese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Malayalam and Vietnamese Speaking population

Malayalam and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Vietnamese on Malayalam vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Vietnamese Language Codes

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

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