Vietnamese language
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Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is the official language of Vietnam. It has been very influenced by Chinese, particularly Cantonese. Vietnamese is also slightly similar to Khmer. Today it uses Quốc Ngữ, a Latin alphabet similar to English, though it once used Chinese-based symbols called Chữ Nôm. Very few people know Chữ Nôm today.
[edit] Alphabet (Quốc Ngữ)
The Vietnamese alphabet with basic International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciation, without two- and three-letter vowels:
a [ɑ]
ă [a]
â [ʌ]
b [b]
c [k]
ch [c]
d [z], [j]
đ [d]
e [ɛ]
ê [e]
g [g/ɣ]
(gh [g/ɣ])
h [h]
i [i]
k [k]
kh [x]
l [l]
m [m]
n [n]
ng [ŋ]
(ngh [ŋ])
nh [ɲ]
o [ɔ]
ô [o]
ơ [ɤ]
p [p]
ph [f]
q [k]
r [z], [ɾ]
s [s], [ʂ]
t [t]
th [tʰ]
tr [tr]
u [u]
ư [ɯ]
v [v], [j]
x [s]
y [i]
