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Vietnamese and Malagasy


Malagasy and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
Madagascar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Vietnam   
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
Salama!   

Thank You
Cam on   
Misaotra   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
Manao ahoana!   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
Alina tsara   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Manao ahoana e   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Maraina tsara   

Please
xin vui lòng   
azafady   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
Miala tsiny   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Veloma!   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
Tiako ianao.   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
Azafady   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Eastern Malagasy   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Western Malagasy   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Not Available   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
Not Available   

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.28 %   
40

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
18.00 million   
38

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
Fiteny Malagasy   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Malagasy Sign Language   

French Name
vietnamien   
malgache   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Malagassi-Sprache   

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Malagasy people   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Austronesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
standard Malagasy   

Language Position
14   
13
84   
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
mg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
mlg   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
mlg   

ISO 639 3
vie   
mlg   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
mala1537   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Vietnamese and Malagasy Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Vietnamese and Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Malagasy Speaking population

Vietnamese and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Vietnamese and Malagasy on Vietnamese vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Malagasy Language Codes

Vietnamese and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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