ngọng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] ~ [ŋɔŋ˨˩ʔ]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋawŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Adjective

ngọng • (𡅑, )

  1. having dyslalia
  2. (pseudolinguistics) to have certain sound shift(s) in one's speech, causing it to be stigmatized
    Cả nàng em lói ngọng, mỗi mình em lói thõi. (pseudolinguistic depiction of an exaggerated stereotype)
    My entire willage thpeakth badly; I alone thpeak vell.

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