About the "Nom Standardization Project"

Why Standardize

　　如như眾chúng𢧲ta得được別biết、侯hầu歇hết每mọi國quốc家gia𣎏có國quốc語ngữ𥢆riêng時thời現hiện代đại調đều㐌đã𣦰trải過qua𠬠một局cuộc改cải革cách撻đặt標tiêu準chuẩn朱cho𡨸chữ曰viết。𠬠một系hệ統thống𡨸chữ曰viết抵để交giao接tiếp𦓡mà𣗓chưa得được標tiêu準chuẩn化hoá時thì𠱊sẽ空không體thể用dùng得được。

　　雖tuy然nhiên朱cho細tới𠉞nay、𡨸chữ喃nôm吻vẫn𣗓chưa得được標tiêu準chuẩn化hoá、𠬠một詞từ㗂tiếng越việt𣎏có體thể得được曰viết𠁑dưới𡗉nhiều異dị體thể𡨸chữ喃nôm恪khác𠑬nhau,、吧và每mọi𠊛người用dùng𡨸chữ喃nôm調đều𢭸dựa𨕭trên攎lựa撰chọn𧵑của𥢆riêng𨉟mình。結kết果quả羅là各các文văn本bản喃nôm𣎏có體thể被bị曉hiểu𢗖nhầm、吧và條điều呢này𢟘chắc鎮chắn𠱊sẽ引dẫn𦤾đến事sự少thiếu效hiệu果quả吧và仍những曉hiểu𢗖nhầm𥪝trong交giao接tiếp。

　　𠇍với目mục的đích標tiêu準chuẩn化hoá𡨸chữ喃nôm、「預dự案án標tiêu準chuẩn化hoá𡨸chữ喃nôm」𧵑của委uỷ班ban得được𡏦xây𥩯dựng𥄮nhằm撻đặt𠚢ra𠬠một𡨸chữ喃nôm準chuẩn自từ仍những異dị體thể𡨸chữ喃nôm恪khác𠑬nhau、確xác定định格cách用dùng𡨸chữ漢hán吧và𡨸chữ喃nôm朱cho各các詞từ純thuần越việt、詞từ漢hán越việt（特đặc別biệt羅là各các詞từ漢hán越việt由do𠊛người越việt自tự造tạo）、詞từ混hỗn種chủng、咍hay同đồng時thời朱cho𪥘cả各các詞từ外ngoại來lai得được翻phiên音âm、吧và𡳳cuối窮cùng羅là抵để漢hán喃nôm𠭤trở成thành𠬠một系hệ統thống𡨸chữ曰viết嚴nghiêm肅túc、現hiện代đại吧và合hợp法pháp朱cho㗂tiếng越việt。

As we know, almost all modern countries with its own national language has gone with reform of standardization. A writing system cannot be used for communication unless it is standardized.

To date, however, Chữnôm has never been standardized, a Vietnamese word can be represented by variant Nôm characters, and people write Chữnôm based on their own preference. As a result, Nom texts could be misunderstood, and this inevitably causes the inefficiency and misunderstandings in communications.

Aiming at Chữnôm standardization, the Committee's "Nom Standardization Project" is designed to determine the Standard Chữnôm among many variant Nôm characters, to confirm the usage of Chữnôm and Chữhán in Pure Vietnamese words, Sino-Vietnamese words (especially Vietnamese-made Sino-Vietnamese words), and Hybrid words, as well as to determine the Chữnôm and Chữhán characters in Loan words for phonetic transliteration. And eventually to make Hán-Nôm as a serious, modern, legitimate alternative writing system for the Vietnamese language.

Welcome to Participate

Everyone who familiar with Hán-Nôm is welcomed to participate the Nom Standardization Project.

Most Standard Noms are determined by the opinion poll of a group of people who are familiar with Hán-Nôm. Thus, if you are familiar with Hán-Nôm, please do not hesitate to join our discussion. In principal, the Standard Nom should be determined based on historical usage. But there are many phonetic-loan Nôm characters in old texts. Phonetic-loan Nôm characters are not encouraged to be determined as Standard Nom except those had been frequently used.

To participate, please pay a visit to List of Noms to be Standardized, then choose the Nom(s) you would like to standardize, and add you opinions to the discussion page (The detailed steps are listed here: Help:Vote). You are also encouraged to start a new discussion for other Noms, and you can choose the Nom(s) you would like to standardize from the List of Common Syllables by Frequency and Index.

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