Countries
Vietnam
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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 in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
38.00 million
  
33
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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