Vietnamesisk

Vietnamesisk is a term used in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish to describe things related to Vietnam, its people or its language. It functions as an adjective and is used with nouns such as kultur (culture), mat (food), språk (language) or historie. The corresponding demonym for a person from Vietnam and other noun forms vary by language; the word is commonly paired with another noun rather than used alone.

The term derives from the country name Vietnam and is formed with the common Scandinavian adjective suffix -isk. In this way, vietnamesisk parallels other national adjectives such as dansk (Danish), svensk (Swedish), or norsk (Norwegian).

The Vietnamese language, the primary language of Vietnam, is an Austroasiatic language belonging to the Viet–Muong sub-branch. It uses a Latin-based script with diacritics and is tonal, with six tones in the Northern dialect and variations in other regions. It has Northern, Central, and Southern dialects; it has many loanwords from Chinese and some from French.

Culturally, the term appears in contexts such as vietnamesisk mat, vietnamesisk kultur, and vietnamesisk kunst, reflecting the country’s cuisine, traditions and arts. In diaspora communities, vietnamesisk identities and language maintenance are topics of integration and heritage.