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Malayalam vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs 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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Malayalam and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Vietnamese language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malayalam and Vietnamese Language History.

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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.

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