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  • Mộtvài Suynghĩ về Nguồngốc DânViệt

    Tuỳbút: dchph Bạnhiền: Gầnđây, bạn thường gởi email cho bạnbè, trongđó có tôi, những bàiviết về Tàu, về lịchsử Trunghoa, về nguồngốc dântộcViệtnam, về những vấnđề gaycấn trong mối quanhệ Việtnam và Trungquốc hiệnnay. Có lần bạn xinlỗi tôi và D. trước với ýnghĩ là erằng lờilẽ của bạn sẽ…

  • Politics and Scholarship in Chinese‑Vietnamese Linguistics

    The study of Chinese-Vietnamese linguistics is deeply shaped by political forces rather than academic neutrality. Nationalist sentiment, ideological framing, and the geopolitics of Sino‑Vietnamese relations have long influenced Vietnamese historical linguistics, producing a discourse in which political considerations frequently overshadow objective scholarship.

  • Comparanda of Fundamental Words

    Vietnamese shares a number of basic cognates with Sino‑Tibetan, reflecting deep historical connections across southern China . These words anchor the language in its Austroasiatic heritage while also showing traces of early contact with Chinese. They form the bedrock of daily speech and cultural expression, linking Vietnamese to a broader…

  • Comparanda of Modern Chinese and Vietnamese Commonalities

    The article surveys Sinitic‑Vietnamese vocabulary, showing how many colloquial Vietnamese words align with Mandarin and other Chinese dialects. These parallels, seen in doublets, triplets, and idioms, reflect historical phonology, cultural transmission, and long‑term syntactic convergence rather than coincidence.

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  • Tìnhyêu Là Cáiđếchgì?

    Tìnhyêu chắcchắn là đến với mỗingười bằng mỗi vẻ khácnhau. Tìnhyêu cólẽ là một thểtài muônđời của nhânloại. Tìnhyêu bấtử hiệndiện trong những thica, tácphẩm vănhọc, và âmnhạc bấthũ. Khôngcó tìnhyêu làmgì có những người ngoạihạng nổibật đã sống và chết vì tìnhyêu. Nhưng tìnhyêu là cáiđếchgì?

  • The Chinese Intruders

    This intrusion hypothesis reframes Chinese civilization as a hybrid construct, formed through centuries of contact with Yue, Altaic, and Turko‑Tartaric groups. The implications extend beyond China itself: Vietnam, situated at the crossroads of southern migration and imperial expansion, inherited a layered linguistic legacy in which Yue substrata and Sinitic borrowings…

  • Early Contacts: Austroasiatic, Austronesian, and Sino‑Tibetan Interactions

    Vietnamese did not emerge in isolation. Its earliest layers reflect sustained contact with Austroasiatic relatives, Austronesian seafarers, and Sino‑Tibetan neighbors. Each interaction left lexical, phonological, and cultural traces that complicate any attempt to classify Vietnamese as Austroasiatic or Sinicized. This article surveys the evidence for these early contacts and their…

  • How Austroasiatic Theory Overwrote Yue

    The author has long suspected that the Austroasiatic Mon‑Khmer hypothesis was shaped by scholars who lacked proficiency in both Vietnamese and Chinese, as well as in the historical contexts of their respective speech communities. Western neo‑theorists often relied on methodological shortcuts that allowed the Austroasiatic framework to override earlier interpretations,…