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Malaysian vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
26   
8
37   
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
30,000.00   
40
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
1.14 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
54   
39
14   
13

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Malaysian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Vietnamese language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Vietnamese Language History.

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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.

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