Vietnamese - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Vietnamese :  adj
1: of or relating to Vietnam; "the Vietnamese countryside" [syn: Vietnamese]
2: of or relating to the vietnamese language; "Vietnamese tones" [syn: Vietnamese]
3: of or relating to or characteristic of the people of Vietnam; "Vietnamese boat people" [syn: Vietnamese] (noun)
1: a native or inhabitant of Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese, Annamese]
2: the Mon-Khmer language spoken in Vietnam [syn: Vietnamese, Annamese, Annamite]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Vietnamese : 

An Asian language that, like other CJKV languages, requires 16-bit character encodings but, unlike them, does not use Han characters.

While normal Vietnamese has not used Han characters since the 18th century, the standards TCVN 5773 and TCVN 6056 contain Han characters and may be used by computers and academics.

(2001-01-01)



Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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