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Southern Vietnamese (Saigon)

Phylum: Mon-Khmer

Genus: Vietic

Lat/lon: 10.8, 106.65

ISO code: vie

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-dentalalveolarpostalveolarretroflexpalatalvelarglottal
stopɓt, tʰ, ɗck, gʔ
trillr
fricativef, vsʂxh
affricate
nasalmnɲŋ
approximantj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
closeiu, ɯ
close-mideo
open-midɛɔ
opena

Long series

frontcentralback
closeuː, ɯː
close-midɤː
open-midɛːɔː
open

Diphthongs

/iə/, /ɯə/, /uə/

Tones

33, 332, 35, 322, 31

Licit initial clusters

Ø

Licit finals

p, t, k, m, n, ŋ, j, w

Licit syllabic templates

(C)V(C)

Source: Brunelle, Marc. 2014. Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt). In Sidwell, Paul, and Mathias Jenny (eds.), The Handbook of Austroasiatic Languages. Leiden: Brill. 909-954.

Contributed by: Chingduang Yurayong (jang905@hotmail.com)