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Vietnamese and Malayalam


Malayalam and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Vietnam   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

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.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
15   
12

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
Cam on   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
xin vui lòng   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Judeo-Malayalam   

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

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Mappila   

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
France, kerala   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
38.00 million   
26

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
vietnamien   
malayalam   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Malayalam   

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Malayali   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
9th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Malayalam   

Language Position
14   
13
29   
24

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
mal   

ISO 639 3
vie   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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All Vietnamese and Malayalam 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 Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Malayalam Speaking population

Vietnamese and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Vietnamese vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

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