noun
quoc ngu; Vietnamese alphabet
Refers specifically to the modern Vietnamese writing system that uses the Latin alphabet with diacritics, developed from Portuguese missionaries' romanization.
from Vietnamese quốc ngữ
ベトナム語は現在、クオックグーで表記される。
Vietnamese is now written in quoc ngu.
クオックグーは17世紀に考案された。
Quoc ngu was devised in the 17th century.