Vietglish

Vietglish, Vinglish or Vietlish, is an informal term for a mixture of elements from Vietnamese and English.^[1]

The term Vietglish is first recorded in 1969. Other colloquial portmanteau words for Vietlish include (chronologically): Vietglish (1992), Vinish (2003), Vinglish (2010) and Vietnamiglish (2016).^[2]

This usage is said to be found in immigrant communities in majority-English-speaking countries.^{[citation needed]} Borrowed English words are also commonly used in everyday Vietnamese both inside and outside Vietnam in informal contexts.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Viet Voice Magazine - Very Vietglish
• What are you speaking? Hey, it's just Vietglish

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