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Từnguyênhọc HánNôm
Giảthuyết NamÁ về nguồngốc tiếngViệt thiếu nềntảng lịchsử và vì nănglực ngônngữ hạnchế của các tácgiả trongngành. Việc họ chịu phụthuộc vào các bảngtừcơbản để phụcnguyên ngữâm nhưng thiếusót tưliệu lịchsử đã dẫnđến những sailầm về phânloại. Khi khảosát bằngchứng cấutrúc, ngữâm và ngữnghĩa, từnguyên tiếngViệt phùhợp hơn với môhình…
Discover your Vietnamese
an exploration that spans its deep past and living present.
- Vietnamese2020 Orthography
- Cảicách Cáchviết ChữViệt Đaâmtiết
- Chinese and the Vietnamese Basic Vocabulary Stock
- 越南語 何以 若 此 漢化?
- What Makes Vietnamese So Chinese?
- Sinitic‑Vietnamese: Defining the Chinese Layer in Vietnamese
- The Languages of China before the Chinese
- In Search of the Origins of Vietnamese: The Unfinished Work
- Vietnamese Parallels With the Sino-Tibetan Languages
- Comparanda of Modern Chinese and Vietnamese Commonalities
- Tiếngnói Thuở Hoalục Chưa Nở Hoa
- 中國人 出現 之前 的 中國 諸 語言
- Sinitic-Vietnamese Linguistic Evolution across Dynasties
- Ýthức Mới về Nguồngốc TiếngViệt
- Từnguyên Việtngữ Khôngchỉlà Những Kýhiệu Côlập
- Challenges and Accessibility of Vietnamese Antiquity and Philology
- Echoes of the Yue: Archaeological Traces and Historical Context in Vietnam
- Dấuvết BáchViệt Cổtích và Bốicảnh Lịchsử Việtnam
- Truyệncổ Dòng BáchViệt
- Mon-Khmer and Vietnamese Basic Words
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- Vietnamese Basic Word Lists at the Crossroads
- Theory of Vietnamese Tonal Development
- The Underlying Stratum of Basic Vocabularies
- Reassessing Vietnamese Numerals in Sino‑Tibetan Perspective
- Rethinking Sound Change in Vietnamese and Chinese
- Distinguishing Vietnamese Vocabulary from Austroasiatic Mon-Khmer
- Prelude on the Sinitic Etyma
- Core Matter of Vietnamese Etymology
- Comparanda of Fundamental Words
- Vietnamese and Linguistic Evolution
- Mộtvài Suynghĩ về Nguồngốc DânViệt
- Shifts in Linguistic Climate on the Mon‑Khmer Front
- The Chinese Intruders
- Politics and Scholarship in Chinese‑Vietnamese Linguistics
- How Austroasiatic Theory Overwrote Yue
- Rethinking Vietnamese Linguistic Identity
- Songâmtiết và Từnguyên Hán‑Nôm
- The Role of Mandarin on the Becoming Sinitic‑Vietnamese
- Comparative and Etymological Challenges in Vietnamese
- The Mon‑Khmer Misclassification
- Sailầm trong Cách Phânloại Môn‑Khmer
- Hiệuứng của Luậnđiệu Nguồngốc Môn‑Khmer
- Vietnamese Linguistic Identity
- Early Contacts: Austroasiatic, Austronesian, and Sino‑Tibetan Interactions
- Bảnsắc Ngônngữ Việt
- Những Vấnđề Trongviệc Sosánh Từnguyên TiếngViệt
- Tiếntrình Hìnhthành Tiếng Hán-Nôm qua các Triềuđại
- Địnhvị Lại Bảnsắc TiếngViệt qua Khảocổ và Ngữâm
- Cảmgiác như Từnguyên “ThuầnViệt”
- Adaptation of the Combication System Framework
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Polysyllabic and Disyllabic Vocabularies
The following wordlists allow readers to judge Vietnamese disyllabicity, understand why Vietnamese equivalents diverge from monosyllabic Chinese patterns, evaluate evidence for Sino‑Tibetan and Chinese cognates, and use the supplementary materials to approach Vietnamese and Chinese historical phonology more effectively.
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The Linguistic Landscape of Early China and Vietnam
To situate Vietnamese within its proper historical context, we must reconstruct the linguistic landscape of early China and northern Vietnam. The Red River Delta was never a linguistic vacuum awaiting Chinese influence; it was already home to diverse speech communities — Austroasiatic, Yue‑Taic, and possibly Austronesian — long before Han…
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Comparative Sino-Tibetan Etymologies, Early Southern Yue Polities, and Proto-Tibetan Migrations
The evolution of Vietnamese reflects deep interaction among Southern Yue groups and Proto‑Tibetan migrations. Interdisciplinary research now clarifies how contact, substratal retention, and population movement shaped southern China and northern Vietnam from Neolithic chiefdoms through Bronze Age polities to Han‑era imperial integration.
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Rethinking Mandarin Romanization
Ever wondered why Pinyin sometimes puts tone marks on the “wrong” vowel? The truth is, tone belongs to the nucleus of the syllable — not the glides. In this piece, I unpack how Pinyin’s rules can mislead learners, and why putting tone marks where they really belong makes all the…
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What Makes Chinese So Vietnamese
This report presents a comprehensive analytical review of the Chapter 1: Introduction to Sinitic-Vietnamese corpus, encompassing all cited etymons, semantic chains, and polysyllabic annotations. Its purpose is to demonstrate how the corpus substantiates the thesis that Sinitic-Vietnamese forms a core indigenous layer of the language, not a superficial literary veneer.
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Case Study Worksheets
We will be working with a series of case study worksheets, each designed as a practical tool for brainstorming and testing whether particular Vietnamese words may be candidates of Chinese origin. When the author approaches such problems, he often visualizes them graphically, mapping possible connections between Vietnamese forms and their…
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Reframing Vietnamese Linguistic Identity
Vietnamese identity emerges from sustained interaction with Chinese, not simple borrowing. Its syntax, phonology, and semantics align structurally with Sinitic, shaped by centuries of contact, migration, and imperial integration—especially during the Ming occupation, when Chinese dominated administration and scholarship.