Countries
South Africa
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Vietnam
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5737
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
5021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
Xin chào
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
Cam on
How Are You?
unjani
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
Chào buổi sáng
Please
Ngiyacela
xin vui lòng
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
Xin lỗi
Bye
bye
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.16 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
12.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
zoulou
vietnamien
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
19
c. 1440
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Beatu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
8714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
vie
ISO 639 2/B
zul
vie
ISO 639 3
zul
vie
ISO 639 6
zul
vie
Glottocode
zulu1248
viet1252
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
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