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Malaysian vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Pekal  
North-central Vietnamese  

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

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Musi  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
16.00 million  
33

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  

History

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
54  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Malaysian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Vietnamese language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Malaysian and Vietnamese Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Malaysian and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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