Chữ Nôm
A concise reference guide to Chữ Nôm and its role in Vietnamese literary history.
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Vietnamese language reference
Short, sourced articles - encyclopedic in tone, with references on every page. The first topics cover writing systems: how Chữ Hán, Chữ Nôm, and Quốc Ngữ fit together and how Vietnamese writing changed over time.
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Writing system and language history
Articles on Chữ Hán, Chữ Nôm, Quốc Ngữ, and how Vietnamese writing developed.
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Quốc Ngữ
What Quốc Ngữ is, how it developed, and why it became the modern Vietnamese writing system.
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An overview of how Vietnamese has been written in Chữ Hán, Chữ Nôm, and Quốc Ngữ.
Vietnamese Writing System and History
Reference articles on the historical development of Vietnamese writing, from the use of literary Chinese to Chữ Nôm and Quốc Ngữ.