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Maltese vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Czech Republic   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Chinese Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Xin chào   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Cam on   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Bạn khỏe không?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Chúc ngủ ngon   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Chào buổi tối   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Chào buổi trưa   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Chào buổi sáng   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
xin vui lòng   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Xin lỗi   

Bye
Ċaw   
Tạm biệt   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
tôi yêu bạn   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Xin loi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Northern Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
North-central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Mid-Central Vietnamese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.52 million   
99+
91.00 million   
16

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
75.00 million   
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Malti   
tiếng việt (㗂越)   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   

French Name
maltais   
vietnamien   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Vietnamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
c. 1440   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Standard Vietnamese   

Language Position
Not Available   
14   
13

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Vietnamese sign languages   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
vi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
vie   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
vie   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
vie   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
viet1252   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
46-EBA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Maltese and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Vietnamese language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 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 Maltese and Vietnamese Language History.

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Maltese 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 Maltese and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maltese and Vietnamese language. Maltese word for "Hello" is Ħello or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Maltese Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maltese vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The Maltese vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese 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 Maltese and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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