[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":211},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-en-learn-southern-vietnamese":3,"series-en-learn-southern-vietnamese":164,"free-tools-en":166},{"id":4,"title":5,"alternates":6,"body":8,"chip":135,"cluster":136,"description":137,"extension":138,"faq":139,"keyword":152,"meta":153,"navigation":154,"path":155,"pillar":154,"seo":156,"sources":157,"stem":161,"updated":162,"__hash__":163},"blog_en\u002Fen\u002Fblog\u002Flearn-southern-vietnamese.md","Learn Southern Vietnamese: Read With a Saigon Accent",{"fr":7},"apprendre-vietnamien-du-sud",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":125},"minimark",[11,20,25,28,32,36,39,42,45,49,52,55,58,62,65,70,74,81,84,88,97,118],[12,13,14,15,19],"p",{},"Most apps and textbooks teach the Northern accent. If your family is from the South, the words you hear at home\ndon't match. Good news: ",[16,17,18],"strong",{},"the spelling is the same",". Only the sounds change, and they change by rule.",[21,22,24],"h2",{"id":23},"same-writing-two-accents","Same writing, two accents",[12,26,27],{},"Switch the accent and listen.",[29,30],"sound-pairs",{"pairs":31},"trà\u002Fchà vì\u002Fdì bảo\u002Fbão bàn\u002Fbàng mát\u002Fmác",[21,33,35],{"id":34},"every-sound-the-south-merges","Every sound the South merges",[12,37,38],{},"Here is the full list, straight from the app's accent model. Switch to North to compare.",[40,41],"accent-rules",{},[12,43,44],{},"One of them, in the words of the native Southern teacher who checked these rules with us: r sounds like g,\n“when we speak quickly, which is always”.",[21,46,48],{"id":47},"what-the-south-does-not-merge","What the South does not merge",[12,50,51],{},"Not everything collapses. After o, ô and u, the lips close on -ng and -c, so these stay apart:",[29,53],{"pairs":54},"con\u002Fcong ngọc\u002Fngọt buồn\u002Fbuồng",[12,56,57],{},"Some Saigon speakers do say buồn like buồng: in the app, that one is an option you can switch on.",[21,59,61],{"id":60},"everyday-words-southern-style","Everyday words, Southern style",[12,63,64],{},"The labels show what the Southern accent changes in each word. Switch to North to see the difference.",[66,67],"word-grid",{":gloss":68,":rules":68,"words":69},"true","rồi trời không người chuyện tiền biết vui dạ chiều tuổi rượu",[21,71,73],{"id":72},"reading-with-a-southern-accent","Reading with a Southern accent",[12,75,76,77,80],{},"If bàn and bàng sound the same to you, how do you know which one is written? You learn the spelling ",[16,78,79],{},"by reading",":\neach spelling gets its own anchor, a word you already know.",[82,83],"try-family",{},[21,85,87],{"id":86},"your-accent-rule-by-rule","Your accent, rule by rule",[12,89,90,91,96],{},"Not every Southerner merges the same sounds. In the app, every rule above can be switched off (\"I pronounce a\nreal v\") or on. 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Every sound the Southern accent merges, what it never merges, and how to read with your family's accent.","md",[140,143,146,149],{"q":141,"a":142},"Is Southern Vietnamese written differently?","No. The spelling is the same everywhere. Only the sounds change: the South pronounces some different spellings the same way.",{"q":144,"a":145},"How many tones does Southern Vietnamese have?","Six are written, five are heard: in the South, hỏi and ngã sound the same.",{"q":147,"a":148},"Should I learn Northern or Southern Vietnamese?","The one your family speaks. The spelling is shared, so reading in one accent never stops you from reading the other.",{"q":150,"a":151},"Does every Southerner speak the same way?","No. Some merge more sounds than others (uôm and um, for example). 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