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Vietnamese and Xhosa


Xhosa and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
South Africa  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Botswana, Lesotho  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
43  
32

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Molo  

Thank You
Cam on  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Unjani  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Molo  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
20.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
vietnamien  
xhosa  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
16th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
14  
13
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
xho  

ISO 639 3
vie  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
viet1252  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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All Vietnamese and Xhosa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Vietnamese and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Xhosa Speaking population

Vietnamese and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Vietnamese and Xhosa on Vietnamese vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Xhosa Language Codes

Vietnamese and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Vietnamese and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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