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
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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
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Writing Direction
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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
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
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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
Not Available
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
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Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
malais
vietnamien
German Name
Malaiisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
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Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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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 6
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Glottocode
stan1306
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Vietnamese language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.