Vietnam: Stieng minority have new written language system</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Vietnam: Stieng minority have new written language system"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Vietnam,Stieng,minority,have,new,written,language,system"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">30-06-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Vietnam: Stieng minority have new written language system</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Hanoi, Vietnam (Nhan Dan): A group of linguists from Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanity has developed a new system of written language for the Stieng ethnic minority group. The new Stieng written language has 38 letters, including 15 vowels and 23 consonants while the old one has 29 consonants, 17 vowels and two semi-vowels. The linguists, headed by Dr Le Khac Cuong, have also compiled and translated the language into commonly-used Vietnamese. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/life/280608/life_st.htm " target="blank">www.nhandan.com.vn/english/life/280608/life_st.htm </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show