Vietnamese
Encyclopedia
Vietnamese may refer to:
- Of, from, or related to VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.- Of, from, or related to the former country of North VietnamNorth VietnamThe Democratic Republic of Vietnam , was a communist state that ruled the northern half of Vietnam from 1954 until 1976 following the Geneva Conference and laid claim to all of Vietnam from 1945 to 1954 during the First Indochina War, during which they controlled pockets of territory throughout...
- Of, from, or related to the former country of South VietnamSouth VietnamSouth Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
- Of, from, or related to the former country of North Vietnam
- A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of VietnamDemographics of VietnamThis article is about the demographic features of the population of Vietnam, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
. - A member of the Vietnamese peopleVietnamese peopleThe Vietnamese people are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam...
, persons from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent.- Overseas Vietnamese (also known as the Vietnamese diaspora).
- For specific persons, see Lists of Vietnamese people.
- Vietnamese languageVietnamese languageVietnamese is the national and official language of Vietnam. It is the mother tongue of 86% of Vietnam's population, and of about three million overseas Vietnamese. It is also spoken as a second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam...
, the most widely spoken of the Viet-Muong languages.
See also
- Languages of Vietnam
- Vietnamese alphabetVietnamese alphabetThe Vietnamese alphabet, called Chữ Quốc Ngữ , usually shortened to Quốc Ngữ , is the modern writing system for the Vietnamese language...
- Vietnamese cuisine
- Vietnamese literatureVietnamese literatureVietnamese literature is literature, both oral and written, created largely by Vietnamese-speaking people, although Francophone Vietnamese and English-speaking Vietnamese authors in Australia and the United States are counted by many critics as part of the national tradition...
- Vietnamese morphologyVietnamese morphologyVietnamese, like many languages in Southeast Asia, is an analytic language. Vietnamese lacks morphological marking of case, gender, number, and tense .-Overview:...
- Vietnamese phonologyVietnamese phonologyThis article is a technical description of the sound system of the Vietnamese language, including phonetics and phonology.-Consonants:Two main varieties of Vietnamese, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, are described below.-Hanoi:...
- Vietnamese studiesVietnamese studiesVietnamese studies in general is the study of Vietnam and things related to Vietnam. It refers, especially, to the study of modern Vietnamese and literature, history, ethnology, and the philological approach, respectively....
- Vietnamese syntaxVietnamese syntaxVietnamese, like many languages in Southeast Asia, is an analytic language. Also like other languages in the region, Vietnamese syntax conforms to subject–verb–object word order, is head-initial , and has a noun classifier system...