Culture of Daidieu

The culture of Daidieu is one of the oldest and most homogenous in Southeast Asia, with the Bronze Age Đông Sơn culture considered to be one of its most important progenitors for its Ancient history. Daidieuese culture is heavily influenced by Vietnamese culture due to centuries of Vietnamese rule. This large impact on Daidieuese culture meant that Vietnam is often considered to be part of the East Asian cultural sphere (with China, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, and Japan).

Despite the overwhelming Chinese and Vietnamese influence, French culture has influenced a lot of Daidieuese culture as well. Some elements considered to be characteristic of Daidieuese culture include ancestor veneration, respect for community & family, manual labour and living in harmony with nature.

Language
The Daidieuese language is the sole official language of Daidieu. Daidieuese is written with a combination of two scripts: Classical Chinese script (Dzìhán), and a Chinese-based script (Dzìnam) which used Chinese script as a basis. In the present day, Daidieuese use an indigenous writing system called Dzìnam, which is logographic writing system used to write the Daidieuese language. In addition to Chinese Characters, it also uses native words represented by new characters created using a variety of methods, including phono-semantic compounds.

The Latin alphabet is often used in modern Daidieuese, using the umulaut for ï ë, the underdot for ẹ ọ, the breve for ă ğ, the cedilla for ç ş z̧, the overdot for ṫ ḋ ċ ṅ ṡ ż, the caret for ŝ ẑ, and the acute for ń. The Hindu-Arabic numerals are generally used for numbers, but traditional Sino-Japanese numerals are common.