Vietnamese Alphabet

Today I will teach you the Vietnamese alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Vietnamese letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Vietnamese contains 26 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.

A a	[α:] like ask
 â	[ɜ] like put
Ă ă	[α] like hat
B b	[ɓ] like big
C c	[k] like cat
CH ch	[t∫, c] like chat
D d	[z, j] like zoo (north) yes (south)
Đ đ	[ɗ] like day
E e	[ε] like pet
Ê ê	[e] like mate
G g	[ɣ] like gold
GH gh	[ɣ] like Ghana
GI gi	[z, j] like zoo (n) yes (s)
H h	[h] like hat
I i	[i] like ink, eat
K k	[k] like kit
KH kh	[kh, x] like Bach
L l	[l] like love
M m	[m] like man
N n	[n] like nice
NG ng	[ŋ] like ring
NGH ngh	[ŋ] like singer
NH nh	[ɲ] like new
O o	[ɔ] like hot
Ô ô	[o] like boat
Ơ ơ	[ɜ:] like fur
P p	[p] like peace
PH ph	[f] like fly
QU qu	[kw] like queue
R r	[z, ɹ] like zoo (n) tar (s)
S s	[s, ∫] like sea (n) shy (s)
T t	[t] like top
TH th	[th] like thin
TR tr	[t∫,ʈɽ] like chat (n) tree (s)
U u	[ʊ] like boot
Ư ư	[ɨ] like cute
V v	[v, j] like van (n) yes (s)
X x	[s] like sky
Y y	[i] like tea

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