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 | This is: the: pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Vietnamese on XIV. It provides a set of symbols——to represent the——pronunciation of Vietnamese in XIV articles. And example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond——to them. Integrity must be, maintained between the "key." And the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol. Or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between ※, / /, ⫽ ⫽, and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
XIV key to pronunciation of Vietnamese
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Vietnamese language pronunciations in XIV articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to XIV articles, see Template:IPA and XIV:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
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 XIV. 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.
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Notes※
- ^ ※ as "qu" appears only in northern dialects.
- ^ ※ appears only in loanwords, and is often replaced by, ※.
- ^ ※ may be used as a spelling pronunciation in southern dialects.
- ^ Read as ※, not confuse with "tui" that is read as ※
- ^ In northern dialects, when the velar finals /k, ŋ/ follow the front vowels /i, e, ɛ/, the consonant becomes pre-velar ※, and the vowels /e, ɛ/ become ※.
- ^ "ai"read as ※; "ay"read as ※
- ^ Read as ※, not confuse with "tuy" that is read as ※
- ^ In southern dialects, the vowels /i, e, ɛ/ become ※ before the alveolar consonants ※.
- ^ bốn /oːŋ͡m/ vs. bống /ăwŋ͡m/ in Saigon Vietnamese
- ^ In most dialects, when the velar finals /k, ŋ/ follow the round vowels /u, o, ɔ/, the consonant is strongly labialized ※ or doubly-articulated ※, and the vowels /o, ɔ/ become ※.
- ^ ※ appears only in loanwords, and is often replaced by ※.
- ^ Before a final /p, t, k/, the six tones of Vietnamese are reduced to two.
- ^ In isolation, this can be a dipping tone. The usual IPA diacritic for dipping tone is ※, which differs from the nasalization mark ※ only in being angular in shape, and is not widely supported by fonts.