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Vietnamese and Zulu


Zulu 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  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
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  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
50  
35

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  
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Qwabe  

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

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
16.00 million  
17

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)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
19  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
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
14  
13
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

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  
Not Available  

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All Vietnamese and Zulu 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 Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Zulu Speaking population

Vietnamese and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Vietnamese vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Zulu Language Codes

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

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