Creating written language for ethnic minorites: the case of Bhnong language (Quảng Nam province)

Abstract

Language creation for Vietnam’s minority ethnics has been one of the main attentions of Communist Party and State. The creating pathway is to build up the letters based on the Latin system which is close with the Vietnamese language. We have done researches on creating the Bhnong language as the main language for those living Quảng Nam province through two topics as Researches on fully implementing Giẻ-Triêng letters and editing the language book in Giẻ-Triêng, and Researches on editing Exercise Books for Bhnong language. The article is about the basic features of Bhnong language in the progress of becoming the major language.