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Written Vietnamese may not be as elegant as Chinese ... Would be curious as to what, specifically, you mean by this. (BTW, I have no knowledge of either langu

• Symbiote 11y ago
  Look at the history of a Chinese character like 馬, which means horse [1]. You can see how it's a drawing of a horse, and has evolved over centuries. There's plenty of scope for emphasizing particular strokes etc. Modern Vietnamese uses the Roman alphabet, so their word for horse is "ngựa" (probably). [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC#Translingual https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC#Translingual
  • kafkaesq 11y ago
    Fascinating. Thanks.