Countries
Zimbabwe
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
-
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3737
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Xin chào
Thank You
Waita zvako
Cam on
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
Manheru
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Chào buổi sáng
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
xin vui lòng
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Xin lỗi
Bye
bye
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Ndinokuda
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
16.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
shona
vietnamien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Shona people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
20th century
c. 1440
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
10714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
vie
ISO 639 2/B
sna
vie
ISO 639 3
sna
vie
ISO 639 6
sna
vie
Glottocode
core1255
viet1252
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating