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Vietnamese (Hanoi)

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Vietic

Lat/lon: 21.033333, 105.85

ISO code: vie

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentalalveolaralveolo-palatalpalatalvelarglottal
stopɓ, pt, tʰ, ɗkʔ
fricativef, vs, zx, ɣh
affricate
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantw
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiɯ, u
close-mideɤ, o
open-midɛɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
close-midɤː
open-midɛːɔː
open

Diphthongs

/iə/, /ɯə/, /uə/

Tones

33, 32, 24, 32ʔ, 31, 43ʔ5

Licit finals

p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, j, w

Source: Kirby, James P. 2011. Vietnamese (Hanoi Vietnamese). Journal of the International Phonetic Association 41.381–392.

Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)