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rdlw
4 months ago
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Read your way through Hà Nội
It's not a transliteration. What supposed writing system are Vietnamese originally writing in, before they transfer it to Latin script?
walthamstow
4 months ago
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Chinese-like characters, which were transliterated by Europeans into Latin. This system was made official by the French rulers of Vietnam.
haskellshill
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So you're saying that because the country was once colonized, their writing system is not "real" enough for you, and you only consider it a transliteration? That seems extremely disrespectful.
walthamstow
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Nope, I didn't say any of that.
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