Countries
South Africa
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Xhosa Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
bye
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
isiZulu
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
zoulou
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
19
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
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
  
Zulu and Vietnamese Speaking population
Zulu and Vietnamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Vietnamese languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Vietnamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 %. 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 Zulu and Vietnamese on Zulu vs Vietnamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Vietnamese Language Codes
Zulu and Vietnamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Vietnamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.