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Maltese vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Malta  
Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
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
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Xin chào  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Cam on  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
Chào buổi tối  

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

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Ċaw  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Northern Vietnamese  

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

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
North-central Vietnamese  

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

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
-  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Malti  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

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

French Name
maltais  
vietnamien  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
25  
23
14  
13

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
vie  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
vie  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
vie  

Glottocode
malt1254  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Maltese and Vietnamese Language History

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

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

Maltese vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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