Countries
Vietnam
  
South Africa
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Vietnamese and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Zulu language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Zulu Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.