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Vietnamese/Consonants
There are 17 single consonants:
| Vowels |
Phoneme |
English equivalent sounds |
| b |
/b/ |
but |
| c |
/k/ |
car |
| d |
/z/ |
zoo (Northern) |
| d |
/j/ |
yes (Southern & Central) |
| đ |
/d/ |
do |
| g |
/g/ |
go |
| h |
/h/ |
hat |
| k |
/k/ |
king |
| l |
/l/ |
long |
| m |
/m/ |
me |
| n |
/u/ |
no |
| p |
p/ |
ping pong |
| q |
/k/ |
queen |
| r |
/z/ |
zoo (Northern) |
| r |
/r/ |
run (Southern & Central) |
| s |
/s/ |
stay (Northern) |
| s |
/∫/ |
show (Southern & Central) |
| t |
/t/ |
top |
| v |
/v/ |
video |
| x |
/s/ |
see |
- There are 11 consonant clusters:
| Vowels |
Phoneme |
English equivalent sounds |
| ch |
/c/ |
cha-cha |
| gh |
/g/ |
go |
| gi |
/z/ |
zoo (Northern) |
| gi |
/j/ |
yes (Southern & Central) |
| kh |
/x/ |
loch |
| nh |
/ɲ/ |
canyon |
| ng |
/ŋ/ |
sing |
| ph |
/f/ |
Philip |
| th |
/tʰ/ |
thin |
| tr |
/c/ |
cha-cha (Northern) |
| tr |
/ʈʂ/ |
try (Southern & Central) |
| qu |
/kw/ |
queen (Northern) |
| qu |
/w/ |
world (Southern & Central) |
- There are 8 final consonants:
| Vowels |
Phoneme |
English equivalent sounds |
| c |
/k/ |
car |
| ch |
/c/ |
cha-cha |
| m |
/m/ |
me |
| n |
/u/ |
no |
| nh |
/ɲ/ |
canyon |
| ng |
/ŋ/ |
sing |
| p |
p/ |
ping pong |
| t |
/t/ |
top |
For learning
Vietnamese | Category
Uncategorized | Level
Unspecified |
Second language
English | Created
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 | Views
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