Character map
The call of Cthulhu
Vietnamese has no single word for "I" or "you". Speakers choose words according to age, rank and closeness. Each arrow in this diagram runs from speaker to listener. Its label gives the word the speaker uses for themselves, then the word they use for the other person.
graph TD
N1("Narrator") -->|"cháu -> ông"| N2("Professor George Gammell Angell")
N3("Henry Anthony Wilcox") -->|"cháu -> giáo sư"| N2("Professor George Gammell Angell")
N2("Professor George Gammell Angell") -->|"tôi -> cậu"| N3("Henry Anthony Wilcox")
N2("Professor George Gammell Angell") -->|"tôi -> bác sĩ"| N4("Dr. Tobey")
N4("Dr. Tobey") -->|"tôi -> giáo sư"| N2("Professor George Gammell Angell")
N5("Inspector John Raymond Legrasse") -->|"tôi -> giáo sư"| N6("Professor William Channing Webb")
N6("Professor William Channing Webb") -->|"tôi -> thanh tra"| N5("Inspector John Raymond Legrasse")
N5("Inspector John Raymond Legrasse") -->|"tôi -> lão"| N7("Old Castro")
N7("Old Castro") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N5("Inspector John Raymond Legrasse")
N1("Narrator") -->|"tôi -> cậu"| N3("Henry Anthony Wilcox")
N3("Henry Anthony Wilcox") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N1("Narrator")
N1("Narrator") -->|"tôi -> thanh tra"| N5("Inspector John Raymond Legrasse")
N5("Inspector John Raymond Legrasse") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N1("Narrator")
N1("Narrator") -->|"tôi -> ông"| N8("Curator (Learned friend)")
N8("Curator (Learned friend)") -->|"tôi -> ông"| N1("Narrator")
N1("Narrator") -->|"tôi -> bà"| N9("Johansen's widow")
N9("Johansen's widow") -->|"tôi -> ông"| N1("Narrator")
N10("Gustaf Johansen") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N11("William Briden")
N11("William Briden") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N10("Gustaf Johansen")
N10("Gustaf Johansen") -->|"tôi -> thuyền trưởng"| N12("Capt. Collins")
N12("Capt. Collins") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N10("Gustaf Johansen")
N1("Narrator") -->|"tôi -> các vị"| N13("Executors")