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Hệ Thống Ngữ Âm Tiếng Việt –

The Vietnamese Sound System

A. Bảng Mẫu Tự –

The Alphabet

bảng mẫu tự,

hệ thống ngữ âm

The modern Vietnamese alphabet,

of the Vietnamese sound system,

tiếng Việt

, has 29 letters:

a A

ă Ă

â Â

b B

c C

d D

đ Đ

e E

ê Ê

g G

h H

i I

k K

l L

m M

n N

o O

ô Ô

ơ Ơ

p P

q Q

r R

s S

t T

u U

ư Ư

v V

x X

y Y

The need to deal with loanwords, mainly from European languages, adds these four letters – fF [Ef´], jJ

fi-lê

jun

wát

oát

[dZi] , wW[vedub], and zZ [zE@ t ] to transliterate words like

for

‘fillet’

‘jouille’

zê-rô

for

, etc.

‘watt’

‘zero’

Since each regional dialect has a certain “defect” in pronouncing the words and such a standardized

format would be helpful for foreign beginners, this publication is devoted to the so-called “simple standard

Vietnamese,” which is intelligible all over Vietnam.

1. Chính Tự và Chính Âm

– Vowels and Consonants

chính tự

phụ tự

The 29 letters of the alphabet are made up of two groups:

and

‘vowel letters’

‘consonant

chính âm

phụ âm

. The vowel letters and consonant letters represent

and

letters’

‘vowel sounds’

‘consonant

sounds’.

The names of the vowel letters are identical to the sounds they present, except for the last letter – y,

y-kret

i dài:

which has two names:

a ă â e ê i o ô ơ u ư y.

The 17 consonant letters – b c d đ g h k l m n p q r s t v x – together with 11 compounds – ch gh gi kh

ng ngh nh ph qu th tr – produce 23 sounds altogether. Vietnamese has eight finals producing eight single

sounds and 2 compounds: -c -ch -ng -nh -m -n -p -t. Of all the 23 sounds, two are unfamiliar to

beginners: nh [¯] and tr [ˇ]. The rest are very familiar to most speakers of syllabic languages. However, the

ng- [N] is familiar but its initial position turns out to be a ‘reall problem’ to a number of speakers. In order to

doing

master this sound, say

, then prolong the last sound [N] for a while. Add an easy vowel [A] by lowering

nga

the jaw to release the nasalized vibration to end with

[NA]. Continue with other vowels.

Bảng Mẫu Tự

‘The alphabet’

Ký t

ự -

Names

chính tự

phụ tự

of the

‘vowel letters’

letters’

‘consonant

written

symbols.

tự đơn

hợp tự

tự đơn

hợp tự

‘single

‘dyad/triads’

‘single

‘dyad/triads’

letters’

phụ âm

chính âm

Ký âm

‘consonant sounds’

‘vowel sounds’

Sounds

of these

đơn âm

nhị hợp âm

tam hợp âm

đơn âm

nhị hợp âm

‘single sounds’

‘diphthongs’

‘triphthongs’

‘single sounds’

diphthong’

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