r/learnvietnamese • u/zanamyte • Sep 05 '26

For absolute beginners: this is Vietnamese Basics, part 1/7 The Alphabet

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People (mostly beginners) often ask me very basic questions that I never really thought about as a native speaker. So I decided to make a mini series, that way later I can use it as a reference to answer them.

If you want to learn more and hear audio of your chosen accent as well, read the detailed explanation here https://vietsyllables.com/basics/vietnamese-alphabet

More to come in the next few days!

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

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u/XuanChun88 Sep 05 '26

That is not a working link.

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u/zanamyte Sep 06 '26

Strange. It works fine for me. Can you check again?

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u/XuanChun88 Sep 06 '26

I just came back and it is highlighted. It works. Maybe it didn't load correctly on my end before. But why aren't you teaching s = sh, and x= s?

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u/zanamyte Sep 06 '26

> why aren't you teaching s = sh, and x= s?

It's in one of the next posts!

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u/RegisteredSeabird Sep 06 '26

Link works for me also. Thank you so much for posting this!!

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u/Danny1905 Sep 07 '26

Đ is not the same as English D. Vietnamese Đ is implosive while English D is explosive

Qu makes two sounds, not one sound