Countries
South Africa
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Vietnam
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Czech Republic
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Chinese Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5337
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1012
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4321
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Molo
Xin chào
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Cam on
How Are You?
Unjani
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
Molo
Chào buổi sáng
Please
Ndicela
xin vui lòng
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Xin lỗi
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
South Africa
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
South Africa
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
South Africa
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
19.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
95
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
xhosa
vietnamien
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
16th Century
c. 1440
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
2114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
vie
ISO 639 2/B
xho
vie
ISO 639 3
xho
vie
ISO 639 6
xho
vie
Glottocode
xhos1239
viet1252
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating