Countries
Vietnam
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
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
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Chinese Language
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
madourais
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Madurese
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
Not Available
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Madurese
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
madu1247
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Vietnamese and Madurese 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 Madurese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Madurese language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Madurese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Madurese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Madurese Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Madurese 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 Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.