Countries
Vietnam
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Vietnam
Malaysia
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2124
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Xin chào
Hai
Thank You
Cam on
terima kasih
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
Selamat pagi
Please
xin vui lòng
sila
Sorry
Xin lỗi
maaf
Bye
Tạm biệt
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Pekal
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Musi
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
524
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
vietnamien
malais
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Malaysian people
Origin
c. 1440
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
1454
1
120
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Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
vi
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
vie
msa
ISO 639 2/B
vie
may
ISO 639 3
vie
zsm
ISO 639 6
vie
may
Glottocode
viet1252
stan1306
Linguasphere
46-EBA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative