A Question On Phonetic Transcription Of Vietnamese
Table 1: Letters and their corresponding sounds in Vietnamese dialects
Letters | Literary Standard | Northern | Central | Southern |
initial consonants | ||||
tr | ʈ | c | ʈ | ʈ |
q | k | k | k | w |
v | v | v | v | j |
d –gi | z | z | z/j | j |
r | ʐ | z | ʐ | ʐ/z/ɣ |
h | h | h | h | h/ɣ |
vowels | ||||
a | a | a | a | ă |
ȇ | e | e | e | ɤ |
iȇ – yê | ie | ie | ie | i |
uô | uɤ | uɤ | uɤ | u |
êu | ew | ew | ew | iw |
ươ | ɯɤ | ɯɤ | ɯɤ | ɯ |
final consonants | ||||
t | t | t | t | k |
ch | k | k | k | t |
n | n | n | n | ŋ |
nh | ŋ | ŋ | ŋ | n |