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Vietnamese still uses the same word for both blue and green - xanh
Although they do distinguish by saying 'xanh like the sky' or 'xanh like the trees'.
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 10:06, archived)
Most things are turquoise-ish, then

(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 10:26, archived)
Weirdly the word for turquoise in Vietnamese, ngọc lam, traslates as "dark blue gemstone"
So they clearly have no fucking idea
(, Mon 18 Jan 2021, 11:49, archived)