Countries
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
National Language
Vietnam
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Chinese Language
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Alphabets in
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Thank You
Cam on
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
Masikati
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
Mangwanani
Please
xin vui lòng
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Xin lỗi
Ndineurombo
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Xin loi
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Karanga
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
vietnamien
shona
German Name
Vietnamesisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Shona people
Origin
c. 1440
20th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
viet1252
core1255
Linguasphere
46-EBA
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Vietnamese and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Shona language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Shona Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.