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Vietnamese vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
37  
19
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Bengkulu  

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

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

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Pekal  

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

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Indonesia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
98.00 million  
8

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  

History

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
14  
13
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Vietnamese and Malaysian Language History

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

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

Vietnamese vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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