{"id":59,"date":"2021-01-25T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/?p=59"},"modified":"2021-04-05T19:06:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T19:06:50","slug":"vietnamese-language-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/vietnamese-language-variations\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese Language Variations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just like other countries in the world, the people of Vietnam mainly speak the same language, although people in each region use different dialects (<em>th\u1ed5<\/em><em> ng\u1eef<\/em>) with different phonology and vocabulary. There are three main dialects each with a variety of accents (<em>gi\u1ecdng<\/em>) in ti\u1ebf<em>ng<\/em><em> Vi\u1ec7t<\/em> (Vietnamese language):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Ti\u1ebfng\/gi\u1ecdng B\u1eafc<\/em> (Northern dialect\/acccent)<\/li>\n<li><em>Ti\u1ebfng\/gi\u1ecdng Trung<\/em> (Central dialect\/accent)<\/li>\n<li><em>Ti\u1ebfng\/gi\u1ecdng Nam<\/em> (Southern dialect\/accent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These dialects and their accents are used by people who live in three main geographical areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Mi\u1ec1n<\/em><em> B\u1eafc<\/em> (Northern region)<\/li>\n<li><em>Mi\u1ec1n<\/em><em> Trung<\/em> (Central region)<\/li>\n<li><em>Mi\u1ec1n<\/em><em> Nam<\/em> (Southern region)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which dialect is easiest to speak and understand? <strong>If you would like to learn Vietnamese, definitely stick with the official standard language, which is <\/strong><strong><em>t<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>i\u1ebfng <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>B\u1eafc <\/em>with<\/strong><strong><em> gi\u1ecdng B\u1eafc<\/em> Hanoi<em>. <\/em><\/strong>Both <em>t<\/em><em>i\u1ebfng B\u1eafc<\/em> with a Hanoi accent and <em>Ti\u1ebfng <\/em><em>Nam <\/em>with a Saigon accent are considered easy to understand by the majority of the population. <em>Ti\u1ebfng\/gi\u1ecdng Trung<\/em> is much harder to understand. Speakers from some particular areas in the provinces of Ngh\u1ec7 An, Qu\u1ea3ng Nam, and Qu\u1ea3ng Ng\u00e3i have a distinctive heavy accent that sounds incomprehensible to people outside of the region. In general, <em>t<\/em><em>i\u1ebfng B\u1eafc<\/em> and <em>ti\u1ebfng Trung<\/em> have a higher pitch\/tone compared to <em>ti\u1ebfng Nam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Ti\u1ebfng\/gi\u1ecdng B\u1eafc<\/em> (Northern dialect\/acccent)<\/h2>\n<p>When people mention the standard dialect and accent that you will often hear from the official Vietnamese government broadcasts on radio or television in the north, they mean the Northern dialect with a Hanoi accent. Throughout history, Hanoi was the capital of many Vietnamese dynasties.\u00a0 Today, it is once again the capital of Vietnam. Hanoi speakers have the most accurate pronunciation of words with the <em>d\u1ea5u ng\u00e3<\/em> (tilde sign) tone and <em>d\u1ea5u h\u1ecfi<\/em> (hook sign) tone.\u00a0 The northerners, however, often pronounce words with the letter \u201cs\u201d as an \u201cx\u201d sound, and \u201ctr\u201d as a \u201cch\u201d sound.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Ti\u1ebfng\/gi\u1ecdng Trung<\/em> (Central dialect\/acccent)<\/h2>\n<p>In this context, <em>t<\/em><em>i\u1ebfng <\/em><em>Trung<\/em> here means the Vietnamese Central dialect. Within the <em>t<\/em><em>i\u1ebfng <\/em><em>Trung<\/em> dialect, there are three distinctive accents in the following three main central regions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North Central Coast to include Thanh H\u00f3a, Ngh\u1ec7 An, and H\u00e0 T\u0129nh provinces<\/li>\n<li>Central Region to include Qu\u1ea3ng B\u00ecnh, Qu\u1ea3ng Tr\u1ecb, and Th\u1eeba Thi\u00ean provinces, and Hu\u1ebf<\/li>\n<li>South Central Coast to include Qu\u1ea3ng Nam, Qu\u1ea3ng Ng\u00e3i, B\u1ec9nh \u0110\u1ecbnh, and Ph\u00fa Y\u00ean provinces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main characteristic of<em> T<\/em><em>i\u1ebfng <\/em><em>Trung<\/em> is the <em>d\u1ea5u <\/em><em>s\u1eafc <\/em>(a short, raised sign), <em>d\u1ea5u<\/em><em> h\u1ecfi <\/em>(a hook sign), <em>d\u1ea5u ng\u00e3<\/em> (tilde sign). All are pronounced in the same tone as <em>d\u1ea5u<\/em><em> n\u1eb7ng<\/em> (a dot sign, drop tone).\u00a0 Therefore, it sounds heavy compared to <em>t<\/em><em>i\u1ebfng B\u1eafc<\/em> and <em>ti\u1ebfng <\/em><em>Nam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I love listening to <em>t<\/em><em>i\u1ebfng <\/em><em>Trung <\/em>with a Hu\u1ebf accent. It has a beautiful rhythm, like singing a song.\u00a0 Until 1954, Hu\u1ebf was the capital of the Kingdom of Vietnam for over a century (during the Nguy\u1ec5n dynasty). Thus, Hu\u1ebf is rich in culture with its own vocabulary.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Ti\u1ebfng\/gi\u1ecdng Nam<\/em> (Southern dialect\/acccent)<\/h2>\n<p>The Southern dialect is spoken in the south of Vietnam, including B\u00e0 R\u1ecba-V\u0169ng T\u00e0u, and the Mekong Delta.\u00a0 The Southern dialect is easily identifiable because speakers pronounce words with the letter \u201cv\u201d as a \u201cz\u201d.\u00a0 In my opinion, the Southern dialect with a Saigon accent today is a blend between the old southern and the northern dialect, as a result of the mass migration of northerners to the south in 1954 and after 1975 due to political events and economic reasons.\u00a0 It\u2019s not hard to find a person who speaks different dialects in Saigon, but that\u2019s not the case in Hanoi or Hu\u1ebf.<\/p>\n<h2>Examples of Language variations with each dialect<\/h2>\n<p>To demonstrate the language variations between dialects, below are examples of common words that are unique to the north, central, and south dialects, but that all carry the same meaning.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\"><strong>Northern Dialect<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"144\"><strong>Central Dialect<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"144\"><strong>Southern Dialect<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"144\"><strong>English<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">B\u00e1t<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">T\u00f4\/\u0110\u1ecdi<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Ch\u00e9n<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Bowl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">C\u1ed1c<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Ly<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Ly<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Glass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">Mu\u1ed7ng\/Mu\u1ed7m<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Th\u00eca<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Th\u00eca<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Spoon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">Mu\u00f4i<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">M\u00f4i<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Gi\u00e1<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Ladle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">Hoa<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">B\u00f4ng<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">B\u00f4ng<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Flower<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">M\u1eb9\/M\u1ee3<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">M\u1ea1<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">M\u00e1<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Mother<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"144\">B\u1ed1\/Th\u1ea7y<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Cha<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Ba<\/td>\n<td width=\"144\">Father<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/image0-350x272.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"319\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken and used with permission from Kandle Dart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/image0-350x272.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/image0-350x272.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/image0-1024x795.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/image0-768x596.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/image0-1536x1192.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/image0.jpeg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Just like other countries in the world, the people of Vietnam mainly speak the same language, although people in each region use different dialects (th\u1ed5 ng\u1eef) with different phonology and vocabulary. There are three main dialects each with a variety of accents (gi\u1ecdng) in ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t (Vietnamese language): Ti\u1ebfng\/gi\u1ecdng B\u1eafc (Northern dialect\/acccent) Ti\u1ebfng\/gi\u1ecdng Trung (Central&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/vietnamese-language-variations\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,550815,13],"tags":[10178,8,550817],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-pronunciations","category-vocabulary","tag-dialects","tag-language","tag-regional-accent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}