thanh ngang

Vietnamese

Etymology

thanh (“tone”) +‎ ngang (“level; horizontal”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ ŋaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ ŋaːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰan˧˧ ŋaːŋ˧˧]

Noun

thanh ngang

  1. (phonetics) the “level” tone, one of the six tones in the Vietnamese language, unmarked in the orthography

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