Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
sila
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
malais
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
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
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Malaysian and Vietnamese Speaking population
Malaysian and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Vietnamese on Malaysian vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Vietnamese Language Codes
Malaysian and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.