Countries
Vietnam
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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.
  
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
maaf
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
38,000,000.00
  
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Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
140.00 million
  
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Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative
  
Vietnamese and Indonesian 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 Vietnamese and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Indonesian language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Vietnamese and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.