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
  
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.
  
- 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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
Mhoro
  
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
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
bye
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
8.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Not Available
  
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)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
20th 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
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
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 Not Available.