Help:IPA/Vietnamese

Template:IPA key The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Vietnamese language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Template:Section link.

There are two major standards: one of Hanoi and one of Ho Chi Minh City. Each makes distinctions that the other does not; neither standard is preferred over the other at Wikipedia. The central dialects, which make the distinctions of both, are generally represented in articles here, except if a local pronunciation is clearly more relevant.

See Vietnamese phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Vietnamese.

Initial consonants H C S Examples English approximation Template:IPAlink anh [ʔɐjn] (unwritten, occurs before initial vowels) uh-oh; informal British button Template:IPAlink ba bee with a gulp Template:IPAlink đi day with a gulp Template:IPAlink phở fight, photo Template:IPAlink ga; ghế Template:Langx Template:IPAlink hàng high Template:IPAlink cô, kem scan, kid Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink quanh quick (Northern dialect) wow (Southern dialect) Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink khô loch (Northern dialect) cat (Southern dialect) Template:IPAlink là low Template:IPAlink mai my Template:IPAlink nam no Template:IPAlink nhà canyon Template:Langx, Template:Langx Template:IPAlink ngâm; nghe singer Template:IPAlink pin sport Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink xa so Template:IPAlink sáu show, but with tongue curled Template:IPAlink tây stop Template:IPAlink thầy top, get him Template:IPAlink ~ c Template:IPAlink ~ c chè change Template:IPAlink ~ ʈ͡ʂ tra trend, but with tongue curled Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink về victory z/ ʑ/ ʝ Template:IPAlink già, giết yes Template:IPAlink da, danh zero Template:IPAlink ra, rồi similar to red; variably pronounced as a fricative, flap or trill Medial glide Template:IPAlink oanh; quốc; Nguyễn, tuy quick Final consonants Template:IPAlink cái, tay, tui boy Template:IPAlink thêm pom Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink ban pin Template:IPAlink trứng long Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink mìn, bên (after ) hen bình onion (various pronunciations) Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink bốn, bún (after ) pen Template:IPAlink chúng (after ) like long, but with an 'm' after the 'ng' Template:IPAlink tiếp clasp, but the p almost-pronounced (lip closed) Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink xuất pit Template:IPAlink ác pick Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink chít (after ) hit cách technical (various pronunciations) Template:IPAlink Template:IPAlink một (after ) cut Template:IPAlink học (after ) backpack Template:IPAlink tao, triệu,đau how

Monophthongs IPA Examples English approximation Template:IPAlink ăn, may; cau RP cut Template:IPAlink ba, mai, cao father (Australian English) Template:IPAlink về, cây day, said (monophthongal) Template:IPAlink xe fairy Template:IPAlink ân balance Template:IPAlink bơ RP hurt Template:IPAlink khi; tuy seat Template:IPAlink or Template:IPAlink tư similar to glasses; Russian ты Template:IPAlink cô, sâu story Template:IPAlink có, xoong off Template:IPAlink ru, tui rule Diphthongs viên, bia beer xương, chưa uống, mua influence Tones IPA Vietnamese name Description Diacritical mark Examples Hanoi Hue Saigon thanh ngang mid level no mark a [˧˥] thanh huyền low falling (breathy) grave accent à [˧] thanh sắc mid rising, tense acute accent á, ấc [˩˧̰] thanh hỏi mid falling(-rising), emphasis hook above ả [˧˩˨] thanh ngã mid rising, glottalized tilde ã [˧˩˨] thanh nặng mid falling, glottalized, heavy dot below ạ, ậc [˨̰]

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