noun
Annamese; Vietnamese (obsolete term)
Obsolete term for the Vietnamese language, used historically when Vietnam was called Annam. Modern Japanese uses ベトナム語.
See also: ベトナム語
戦前の文献では、ベトナム語のことを安南語と呼んでいることがある。
In pre-war documents, Vietnamese is sometimes referred to as 安南語.
Modern standard term for the Vietnamese language. 安南語 is its obsolete predecessor.
From 安南 (Annan, 'Annam', historical name for central Vietnam) + 語 (-go, 'language').