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Sounds of the 
Vietnamese 
Language (A) 
The 150 Phonemes 
of the Vietnamese 
Phonetic Alphabet 
Jaime Alfredo Cabrera, Eastern International University, Vietnam, November 2014 
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The Vietnamese Phonetic Alphabet 
1. 21 Initial Consonant Sounds 
2. 20 Final Consonant Sounds 
3. 85 Single-Vowel Sounds 
4. 24 Double-Vowel Sounds 
Source: Kirby, J. Illustration of the IPA (Hanoi Vietnamese), Journal of the International Phonetic Association (2011) 41/3. DOI: 
10.1017/S0025100311000181. Online at http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~jkirby/docs/kirby2011vietnamese.pdf.
THE VIETNAMESE PHONETIC ALPHABET 
21 INITIAL CONSONANT 
SOUNDS 
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Initial Consonants (1-7)
Initial Consonants (8-14)
Initial Consonants (15-21)
THE VIETNAMESE PHONETIC ALPHABET 
20 FINAL CONSONANT SOUNDS 
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Final Consonant Sounds (1-6) 
Velar Fronting
Final Consonant Sounds (7-12) 
Labial-Velar Finals
Final Consonant Sounds (13-20) 
Labial-Velar Finals
THE VIETNAMESE PHONETIC ALPHABET 
85 SINGLE-VOWEL SOUNDS 
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Single-Vowel Sounds (1-8) 
Monopthongs 1
Single-Vowel Sounds (9-14) 
Monopthongs 2
Single-Vowel Sounds (15-22) 
Monopthongs 3
Single-Vowel Sounds (23-30) 
Monopthongs 4
Single-Vowel Sounds (31-36) 
Monopthongs 5
Single-Vowel Sounds (37-44) 
Monopthongs 6
Single-Vowel Sounds (45-52) 
Monopthongs 7
Single-Vowel Sounds (53-60) 
Monopthongs 8
Single-Vowel Sounds (61-68) 
Monopthongs 9
Single-Vowel Sounds (69-77) 
Monopthongs 10
Single-Vowel Sounds (78-85) 
Monopthongs 11
THE VIETNAMESE PHONETIC ALPHABET 
24 DOUBLE-VOWEL SOUNDS 
(DIPTHONGS) 
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Double-Vowel Sounds (1-8) 
Dipthongs 1
Double-Vowel Sounds (9-15) 
Dipthongs 2
Double-Vowel Sounds (16-24) 
Dipthongs 3
End of the 
Presentation 
Jaime Alfredo Cabrera, Eastern International University, Vietnam, November 2014 
THANK YOU 
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