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Two Centuries Before a Missionary's Script Became National

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Wikipedia: Vietnamese Alphabet
Wikimedia FoundationHistory section, Creation of chu Quoc ngu and Colonial period subsections
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For 200 years, chu Quoc ngu was used within the Catholic community. However, works written in the Vietnamese alphabet saw limited use, while Catholic texts in chu Nom were significantly more widespread.
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