Learn the Vietnamese Alphabet

Bảng chữ cái tiếng Việt

Learn to read the Vietnamese Alphabet (Bảng chữ cái tiếng Việt): all 29 letters with names, sounds and audio, plus flashcards, listening, typing and matching practice.

Letter	Name	Latin letters	Sound
A a	A	a	a as in father, held long
Ă ă	A breve	ă	a short, clipped 'ah' (like u in 'cut'); always followed by a final consonant
Â â	A circumflex	â	short 'uh' as in 'but'; always followed by a final consonant
B b	Be	b	b as in ball, with a slight inward gulp
C c	Ce	c	k as in skin (no puff of air); written k before e, ê, i, y
D d	De	d	z as in zoo (in the north); like y in the south
Đ đ	D stroke	đ	d as in day
E e	E	e	open e as in bed
Ê ê	E circumflex	ê	closed e like 'ay' in say, without the glide
G g	Ge	g	a soft, breathy g (the throat never fully closes); written gh before e, ê, i
H h	Hat	h	h as in hat
I i	I	i	ee as in see
K k	Ka	k	k as in skin; used instead of c before e, ê, i, y
L l	El	l	l as in light
M m	Em	m	m as in mother
N n	En	n	n as in no
O o	O	o	open o like 'aw' in law
Ô ô	O circumflex	ô	closed o as in go, without the glide
Ơ ơ	O horn	ơ	like 'er' in her (no r sound), held long
P p	Pe	p	p as in spin; mostly at the end of syllables or in loanwords
Q q	Cu	q	always written qu, sounding like 'kw'
R r	Er	r	z as in zoo (in the north); an r-like sound in the south
S s	Es	s	s as in see (in the north); closer to sh in the south
T t	Te	t	t as in stop (no puff of air)
U u	U	u	oo as in food
Ư ư	U horn	ư	like oo but with lips spread in a smile
V v	Ve	v	v as in van
X x	Ix	x	s as in see (never ks)
Y y	Y	y	ee as in see (same sound as i)

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