Vietnamese alphabet
E1288
The Vietnamese alphabet is a modern Latin-based writing system that uses additional diacritics to represent the tones and specific sounds of the Vietnamese language.
Aliases (5)
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin-based script
→
alphabet → writing system → |
| developedFrom |
Latin alphabet
→
|
| excludesLetter |
F
→
J → W → Z → |
| hasBaseLetter |
A
→
B → C → D → E → G → H → I → K → L → M → N → O → P → Q → R → S → T → U → V → X → Y → Â → Ê → Ô → Ă → Đ → Ơ → Ư → |
| hasCaseDistinction |
uppercase and lowercase
→
|
| hasDiacritic |
breve
→
circumflex → horn → |
| hasNumberOfConsonantLetters |
17
→
|
| hasNumberOfLetters |
29
→
|
| hasNumberOfVowelLetters |
12
→
|
| hasToneMark |
acute accent
→
dot below → grave accent → hook above → tilde → |
| hasToneMarks |
five tone marks
→
|
| officialScriptOf |
Vietnam
→
|
| primaryUse |
modern Vietnamese
→
|
| replacedWritingSystem |
chữ Hán
→
chữ Nôm → |
| representsNumberOfTones |
6
→
|
| standardizedInCentury |
20th century
→
|
| usesDiacriticsFor |
consonant distinction
→
tones → vowel quality → |
| usesDigraph |
CH
→
GH → GI → KH → NG → NH → PH → QU → TH → TR → |
| usesScript |
Latin script
→
|
| usesTrigraph |
NGH
→
|
| writingDirection |
left-to-right
→
|
| writingSystemFor |
Vietnamese language
→
|
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Kinh
("Latin-based Vietnamese alphabet (Quốc Ngữ)")
→
Kinh people ("Latin-based Vietnamese alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ)") → Republic of Vietnam ("Latin-based Vietnamese alphabet") → |
writingSystem |
|
Latin alphabet
("Vietnamese language")
→
Vietnamese alphabet ("Vietnamese language") → |
writingSystemFor |
|
Xuan
("Vietnamese quốc ngữ")
→
|
hasTransliterationStandard |
|
Latin alphabet
→
|
influenced |
|
Thuy
("Vietnamese quốc ngữ")
→
|
transliterationStandard |