Vietnamese language and computers

The <a href="/facts/Vietnamese_language/J3Pbx58C">Vietnamese language</a> is written with a <a href="/facts/Latin-script_alphabet/0JFUQXCX">Latin script</a> with diacritics (<a href="/facts/Diacritic/Rw6lMzQW">accent tones</a>) which requires several accommodations when typing on phone or computers. Software-based systems are a form of writing Vietnamese on phones or computers with software that can be installed on the device or from third-party software such as <a href="/facts/UniKey_(software)/0Dllp8L6">UniKey</a>. <a href="/facts/Telex_(input_method)/SP5GqLXF">Telex</a> is the oldest input method devised to encode the Vietnamese language with its tones. Other input methods may also include <a href="/facts/VNI/2dwjcP9B">VNI</a> (Number key-based keyboard) and <a href="/facts/VIQR/G6WJtIkn">VIQR</a>. VNI input method is not to be confused with VNI code page.
Historically, Vietnamese was also written in <a href="/facts/Ch%25E1%25BB%25AF_N%25C3%25B4m/Jvv94aHj">chữ Nôm</a>, which is mainly used for ceremonial and traditional purposes in recent times, and remains in the field of historians and <a href="/facts/Philology/5u0xzd5g">philologists</a>. There have been attempts to type <a href="/facts/Ch%25E1%25BB%25AF_H%25C3%25A1n/1aRhRRQU">chữ Hán</a> and <a href="/facts/Ch%25E1%25BB%25AF_N%25C3%25B4m/Jvv94aHj">chữ Nôm</a> with existing Vietnamese input methods, but they are not widespread. Sometimes, Vietnamese can be typed without tone marks, which Vietnamese speakers can usually guess depending on context.

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Vietnamese language and computers