Vietglish or Vietglish, is an informal term for a
mixture
In chemistry, a mixture is a material made up of two or more different chemical substances which are not chemically bonded. A mixture is the physical combination of two or more substances in which the identities are retained and are mixed in the ...
of elements from Vietglish.
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).
[Lambert, James. 2018. A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity. ''English World-wide'', 39(1): 32. DOI: 10.1075/eww.38.3.04lam]
This usage is said to be found in immigrant communities in majority-English-speaking countries. Borrowed English words are also commonly used in everyday Vietnamese both inside and outside Vietnam in informal contexts.
External links
Viet Voice Magazine - Very VietglishWhat are you speaking? Hey, it's just Vietglish
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Vietnamese language
Macaronic language