Language
- Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary, Chinese-derived vocabulary in the Vietnamese language
- Hán Tự, classical Chinese writing produced in Vietnam
- Chữ Nôm, an adaptation of Chinese characters used to write the Vietnamese language directly
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Famous quotes containing the word language:
“Upon my tongues continual slanders ride,
The which in every language I pronounce,
Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to.... The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.”
—Vincent Van Gogh (18531890)
“Our goal as a parent is to give life to our childrens learningto instruct, to teach, to help them develop self-disciplinean ordering of the self from the inside, not imposition from the outside. Any technique that does not give life to a childs learning and leave a childs dignity intact cannot be called disciplineit is punishment, no matter what language it is clothed in.”
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