Countries
South Africa
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Ndicela
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
xhosa
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
16th Century
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Xhosa and Vietnamese 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 Xhosa and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Vietnamese language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Xhosa vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Xhosa vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Xhosa and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.