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Vietnamese vs Maltese


Maltese vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Vietnam  
Malta  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

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.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Ħello  

Thank You
Cam on  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Skużani!  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Ċaw  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Qormi  

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

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Żejtun  

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Malti  

French Name
vietnamien  
maltais  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Maltesisch  

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Maltese  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Maltese  

Language Position
14  
13
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
vie  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Maltese language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Maltese Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Maltese Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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