Vietnamese (tiếng việt / 㗂越)
Vietnamese is a member of the Vietic branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken mainly in Vietnam,
where it is the national and official language. It is the native language of the Vietnamese (Kinh) people, as well as a first or second language for the many ethnic minorities of Vietnam. As a result of Vietnamese emigration and cultural influence, Vietnamese speakers are found throughout the world, notably in East and Southeast Asia, North America, Australia and Western Europe.There are also significant numbers of Vietnamese speakers in France, Australia, and the USA. In 2007 there were about 75 million speakers of Vietnamese.
Vietnamese at a glance:
Native name: tiếng việt [tĭəŋ vìəˀt] / [tǐəŋ jìək]Linguistic affliation: Austroasiatic, Vietic, Viet-Muong Number of speakers: c. 75 millionSpoken in: Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Laos First written: 13th century Writing system: Chữ-nôm script, Latin script Status: official language in Vietnam. Vietnamese is also recognised as a minority language in the Czech Republic.
Traditionally Vietnamese is classified as a member of the Mon-Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family. However, recently linguists have proposed that Vietnamese and Muong should be classified as a separate branch of that family, called Vietic or Viet-Muong.
Its vocabulary has borrowings from Chinese, and it formerly used a modified set of Chinese characters called Chữ Nôm given vernacular pronunciation. The Vietnamese alphabet (chữ quốc ngữ) in use today is a Latin alphabet with additional diacritics for tones and certain letters.
There are 29 letters in the Vietnamese alphabet.
The term "Vietic" was proposed by Hayes (1992), who proposed to redefine Viet–Muong as referring to a subbranch of Vietic containing only Vietnamese and Muong. The term "Vietic" is used, among others, by Gérard Diffloth, with a slightly different proposal on subclassification, within which the term "Viet–Muong" refers to a lower subgrouping (within an eastern Vietic branch) consisting of Vietnamese dialects, Muong dialects, and Nguồn (of Quảng Bình Province).
Links:
Information about the Vietnamese language:
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/vietnamese/VNMainpage/vietsite/vietsite.htm
http://www.public.asu.edu/~ickpl/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language
Article by,
Vaishnavi. V
1813721033045
Vietnamese is a member of the Vietic branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken mainly in Vietnam,
where it is the national and official language. It is the native language of the Vietnamese (Kinh) people, as well as a first or second language for the many ethnic minorities of Vietnam. As a result of Vietnamese emigration and cultural influence, Vietnamese speakers are found throughout the world, notably in East and Southeast Asia, North America, Australia and Western Europe.There are also significant numbers of Vietnamese speakers in France, Australia, and the USA. In 2007 there were about 75 million speakers of Vietnamese.
Vietnamese at a glance:
Native name: tiếng việt [tĭəŋ vìəˀt] / [tǐəŋ jìək]Linguistic affliation: Austroasiatic, Vietic, Viet-Muong Number of speakers: c. 75 millionSpoken in: Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Laos First written: 13th century Writing system: Chữ-nôm script, Latin script Status: official language in Vietnam. Vietnamese is also recognised as a minority language in the Czech Republic.
Traditionally Vietnamese is classified as a member of the Mon-Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family. However, recently linguists have proposed that Vietnamese and Muong should be classified as a separate branch of that family, called Vietic or Viet-Muong.
Its vocabulary has borrowings from Chinese, and it formerly used a modified set of Chinese characters called Chữ Nôm given vernacular pronunciation. The Vietnamese alphabet (chữ quốc ngữ) in use today is a Latin alphabet with additional diacritics for tones and certain letters.
There are 29 letters in the Vietnamese alphabet.
The term "Vietic" was proposed by Hayes (1992), who proposed to redefine Viet–Muong as referring to a subbranch of Vietic containing only Vietnamese and Muong. The term "Vietic" is used, among others, by Gérard Diffloth, with a slightly different proposal on subclassification, within which the term "Viet–Muong" refers to a lower subgrouping (within an eastern Vietic branch) consisting of Vietnamese dialects, Muong dialects, and Nguồn (of Quảng Bình Province).
Links:
Information about the Vietnamese language:
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/vietnamese/VNMainpage/vietsite/vietsite.htm
http://www.public.asu.edu/~ickpl/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_language
Article by,
Vaishnavi. V
1813721033045
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