Countries
Madagascar
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
-
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2137
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Salama!
Xin chào
Thank You
Misaotra
Cam on
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Alina tsara
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Chào buổi sáng
Please
azafady
xin vui lòng
Sorry
Miala tsiny
Xin lỗi
Bye
Veloma!
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Azafady
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Merina
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
-
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
25
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
malgache
vietnamien
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
1000 AD
c. 1440
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
-
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
8414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
mg
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
vie
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
vie
ISO 639 3
mlg
vie
ISO 639 6
mlg
vie
Glottocode
mala1537
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating