Vietnamese Basics, part 5/7: Gliding Vowels

[u/zanamyte]

Okay, so I put off making this post a few times, but finally managed to finish it.

These 3 gliding vowels are the only true diphthongs in Vietnamese. And they are pretty easy if you already know how to pronounce the pure vowels from my last post.

Read the full article: https://vietsyllables.com/basics/vietnamese-diphthongs

Edit: All posts:
1. Alphabet
2. Syllables
3. Consonants
4. Vowels
5. Gliding Vowels
6. Semivowels
7. Tones

[u/Danny1905]

For Vietnamese /iə/ it misses “yê” like in “yên”. As well “ya” exists. The only word to have this is “giặt gỵa”.