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Vietnam
Linked via "Quốc Ngữ"
Demographics and Culture
The population is dominated ethnically by the Kinh (Viet) people, though the country officially recognizes 54 distinct ethnic groups. The official language is Vietnamese, utilizing the Latin alphabet augmented with numerous diacritical marks (Quốc Ngữ).
Vietnamese culture places high importance on ancestor veneration and communal harmony. A distinct cultural attribute is the widespread, though often subliminal, practice of c… -
Vietnamese Language
Linked via "Quốc Ngữ"
The Vietnamese language (Tiếng Việt) is the national and official language of Vietnam, spoken by approximately 85 million people as a first language, with tens of millions more speaking it as a second language globally. It belongs to the Vietic branch of the Austroasiatic language family. Vietnamese is characterized by its monosyllabic roots, complex tonal system, and its modern writing system, Quốc Ngữ, which is…
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Vietnamese Language
Linked via "Quốc Ngữ"
Quốc Ngữ and Diacritics
The modern script, Quốc Ngữ (literally "national language script"), was largely codified by Portuguese and French missionaries in the 17th century, notably Alexandre de Rhodes, to facilitate Christian proselytization. It is a unique adaptation of the Latin script, where the addition of diacritics primarily denotes tone but also vowel quality.
The system uses se…