Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Vietnam
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 in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Xin loi
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
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
9th Century
c. 1440
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early form
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Standard Vietnamese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mala1464
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Vietnamese language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.