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Vietnamese and Indonesian


Indonesian and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
-  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Halo  

Thank You
Cam on  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
xin vui lòng  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
maaf  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Sundanese  

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

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
vietnamien  
indonésien  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
7th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Indonesian  

Language Position
14  
13
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
ind  

ISO 639 3
vie  
ind  

ISO 639 6
vie  
ind  

Glottocode
viet1252  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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All Vietnamese and Indonesian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Vietnamese and Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Indonesian Speaking population

Vietnamese and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Vietnamese and Indonesian on Vietnamese vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Indonesian Language Codes

Vietnamese and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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