Countries
Vietnam
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Vietnam
South Africa
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3757
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2150
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Xin chào
Sawubona
Thank You
Cam on
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
unjani
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
okuhle ekuseni
Please
xin vui lòng
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Xin lỗi
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Tạm biệt
bye
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
76,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
91.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.14 %0.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
75.00 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
vietnamien
zoulou
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Zulu people
Origin
c. 1440
19
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Deep Zulu
Language Position
1487
1
120
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Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
vi
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
vie
zul
ISO 639 2/B
vie
zul
ISO 639 3
vie
zul
ISO 639 6
vie
zul
Glottocode
viet1252
zulu1248
Linguasphere
46-EBA
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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