Vietnamese French (dialect)

Vietnamese French (dialect)

Vietnamese French (French: français du Viêt-nam) is a dialect of French spoken in Vietnam. French was the official language of Vietnam from the beginning of French colonial rule in the mid-19th century until the dissolution of the South Vietnamese government in 1975. It served as the language of government, education, and trade throughout the French colonial period and continued this position in South Vietnam. Vietnam is the largest of the three Francophone nations in Asia, the others being Laos and Cambodia, and the language is spoken by over 5% of the population and sometimes used in international relations.