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Chu-nôm

 Type(s): Logosyllabary

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  • Chu-nôm

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Internal Occurrences (2)

  • Description
    • Chu-nôm was adapted from Chinese to write Vietnamese, in a period when Vietnam was ruled by the Chinese and where Chinese was the official language in the country. Chu-nôm retained the Chinese characters with ther original meanings, but adding a number of new specifically Vietnamese characters, although in many cases Chinese characters for the same concepts already existed.
  • In use
    • 900 C.E. - 1950

External Occurrences (3)

  
Object id: 2305
Item identifier(s):
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