Countries
Vietnam
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Vietnam
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Chinese Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Xin chào
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Cam on
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
xin vui lòng
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Xin lỗi
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Xin loi
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Mappila
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
India
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
France, kerala
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
vietnamien
malayalam
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Not Available
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Malayali
Origin
c. 1440
9th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
mala1464
Linguasphere
46-EBA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
Vietnamese and Malayalam 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 Vietnamese and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Malayalam language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Vietnamese and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.