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  • There are 11 vowels which are monophthongs

    Hiền Chi

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    There are 11 vowels in the Vietnamese phonetic system
    a
    is pronounced as "a" in "car"
    ă ----------------- "u" in "cut". (short vowel)
    â ----------------- "er" in "may". (short vowel)
    e ----------------- "e" in "empty"
    ê ----------------- "a" in "take"
    i/y ----------------- "i" in "in"
    o ----------------- "o" in "boy"
    ô ----------------- "o" in "home"
    ơ ----------------- "er" in "her"
    u ----------------- "oo" in "zoo"
    ư ----------------- no similar sound
    a
    (short vowel), (write a letter, but the sound is diffirent from the a letter) is pronouced as "a" in "back".
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