thổ ngữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 土語 (“dialect”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰo˧˩ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰow˧˨ ŋɨ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰow˨˩˦ ŋɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

thổ ngữ

  1. (linguistics) dialect

Usage notes

  • This is often to go-to word for "dialect" in scientific papers by Vietnamese linguists.
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