What is "sino-vietnamese"

Sino-Vietnamese is often used to mean:

• Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary: That portion of the Vietnamese vocabulary that is of Chinese origin or makes use of morphemes of Chinese origin (similar to the use of Latin/Greek in English).

"Sino-Vietnamese" is also used to refer to several ethnic groups:

• The Hoa people or "Overseas Chinese" - see also Hoa people in Ho Chi Minh City)
• The Ngái people, rural-dwelling Hakka Chinese people, counted separately from the Hoa people
• The San Diu people or "Mountain Yao"/"Mountain Chinese", Yao people who speak an archaic dialect of Cantonese as well as Iu Mien
• The Gin people, one of the 55 officially recognised ethnic minorities of China, whose native language is Vietnamese
• Vietnamese people in Hong Kong

Conflicts:

• The Sino-Vietnamese War of 1979