Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Vietnam
Second Language
Indonesia
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2637
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2421
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Xin chào
Thank You
terima kasih
Cam on
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Chào buổi sáng
Please
sila
xin vui lòng
Sorry
maaf
Xin lỗi
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
30,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
245
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %1.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million75.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
malais
vietnamien
German Name
Malaiisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
c. 683 AD
c. 1440
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
5414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
vie
ISO 639 2/B
may
vie
ISO 639 3
zsm
vie
ISO 639 6
may
vie
Glottocode
stan1306
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating