Monday, December 6, 2010 , 9:21 PM

⇨Their Languages

Vietnamese language is the main language spoken, followed by English. Some elderly or educated people are able to speak French and Chinese( due to the result of the French Colonization and Chinese domination.)

The Vietnamese language

five diacritical marks differentiate these tones:
flat tone no mark
high rising ' (sac)
low falling ` (huyen)
falling-rising, constricted ? (hoi)
high-rising broken ~ (nga)
low-falling, short constricted . (nang)


27 consonants:
b, c, ch, d (equivalent to the English Z), Ç, g, gh, gi, h, k, kh, l, m, n, ng, ngh, nh, ph (equivalent to F), q, r, s, t, th, tr, v and x


12 vowels:
a, e, i, o, u, y and these derivatives a(, a^, e^, o^, o+, u+

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