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Vietnamese Vowels
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|Vowels||Phoneme||English equivalent sounds
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|a ||/aː/ ||fat
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|ă ||/a/ ||cut
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|â ||/ə/ ||person
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|e ||/ɛ/ ||pet
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|ê ||/e/ ||may
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|i or y ||/i/ ||bee
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|o ||/ɔ/ ||saw
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|ô ||/o/ ||spoke
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|ơ ||/ə:/ ||hurt
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|u ||/u/ ||boo
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|ư ||/ɨ/ ||good
|}
examples
a like 'a' in "father": ba, cha
ă like 'a' in "father", except said very quickly: chăn
â like 'u' in "hut", except shorter: sân, chân
e like 'eah' in "yeah": che, me
ê like the Canadian English "eh": cà phê, cá trê
i like 'ee' in "see" or "deed": pin, xin
o like "awwwww...", but not quite as long: lý do, quả nho
ô like the first component of the diphthong 'ow' in "low": á-lô, cái ô
ơ like â, except longer: bơ, bài thơ
u like 'oo' in "hoop": Na Uy, Mùa Thu
ư like 'oo' in "book", with a hint of the 'i' in "lick": lá thư, giống như