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Vietnamese vs Malayalam


Malayalam vs 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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Vietnamese and Malayalam Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Malayalam language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Malayalam language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Vietnamese and Malayalam Language History.

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Vietnamese and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Malayalam language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Vietnamese vs Malayalam Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.

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