Vietnamese language

Vietnamese language is the main language spoken by the Vietnamese. Hanoi is the place where residents are considered to produce standard Vietnamese language both in speaking and writing.
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Viet Muong language was created some 3,000 years ago, shared among communities in the northern Red River and Ma River Deltas. It was composed with two main dialects. One was the City dialect of the lowlanders and the other was the Highlanders dialect.

During the 1,000 years of Chinese rule, and in a bid to assimilate the low land Viets, classical Chinese was the official written language. However the spoken language continued to develop. The City dialect became the common Viet language while the Highlanders dialect developed into the present Muong language.

By the 10th century, when the Viets recovered their independence and established the nation of Dai Viet, the linguistic split between Viet and Muong was complete.

Through the following ten centuries of national independence, the Vietnamese imperial court and ruling classes continued to emulate Chinese cultural practices, including the language. The spoken language, however, was Vietnamese. The Viets adapted Chinese characters into their own script (chu Nom).
The Roman-based script used in Vietnam today dates back to the 17th century.

The man credited with developing the current Roman-based chu quoc ngu (script of the national language) is Alexandre de Rhodes who came to Vietnam in 1627. It was refused until the first decade of the 20th century, then later on greatly facilitated contact between Vietnamese and Western cultures. Following Vietnam’s independence from the French, Vietnamese government officially recognised quoc ngu as the nation’s officialy writing system.

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