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Du (Vietnamese Accents) Khng du no accent, mid level tone Du sc - high rising tone, (m cheek) Du huyn low falling tone Du hi low falling-rising tone Du ng high creaking-rising tone Du nng low falling heavy tone
Pronounciation tonal language meaning of words is changed by inflection Vietnam used the Chinese symbol of writing until the 17th century when it was transcribed into the Roman alphabet by Bishop Alexandre de Rhodes who added accent marks to designate the five tones in the Vietnamese language.
Vietnamese Language Primer Bng ch ci ting Vit (Vietnamese Alphabet) Consonants: There are 28 consonants. There are only eight final consonants (c, n, m, p, t, ng, nh, ch). D without a bar is pronounced like a z by Northerners and like a y by Southerners. For example, skin (da). with a bar is pronounced like a hard d in English. For example, head (u). S is pronounced like s by Northerners and like sh by Southerners. For example, st (fever). R is pronounced like z by Northerners and like r by Southerners. For Northerners, there is no distinction between TR and CH. The C is pronounced k before all vowels except e, , i and y and certains words like c (fish). CH is pronounced as c like in cha (father) or chn (foot). NH is pronounced as as in nh (house). PH is pronounced f as in phi (lung) QU is pronounced kw as in qun o (clothes). NG is pronounced as in Nga (Russia) or ngc (chest).