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ô (like the aw in law) is represented by aw.

u (like oo in snooze or cool) is represented by oo.

ư (like ou in could) is represented by ou.

Aside from the simple vowels above, vowels are also placed together to produce double or triple combina-

tions (diphthongs and triphthongs). The following common sounds in English are used to represent these

in our pronunciation system:

ay is used as in day or may.

oh is used as in go.

ow is used as in how or cow. Be mindful not to mispronounce it as oʊ as in snow, which is represented by oh in our pronunciation system.

oy is used as in toy or soy.

y is pronounced as in why or by after a consonant and written as y. However, “eye” is used when it starts a syllable. This is to avoid confusion with the hard y used as a consonant as in yes or yellow.

We use hyphens to connect the component vowels in other combinations not mentioned above. Readers should attempt to glide the vowels together to produce a single syllable.

Consonants

b (similar to the b in book) is represented by b.

c (like the k in scan) and k (like the k in skin) are both represented by k. Please note that it is not aspirated, unlike in the English word kin.

d and gi (pronounced like z as in zoo) are both represented by z.

đ (like d in dog) is represented by d.

g and gh (like g in amigo in Spanish) is represented by g.

h (like h in house) is represented by h.

l (like l in light) is represented by l.

m (like m in mouse or sum) is represented by m.

n (like n in not or ton) is represented by n.

p (like p in spin) is represented by p. Notice that it is not aspirated, unlike pin.

r (is represented by z^r to suggest that you pronounce z with your tongue curled. It is as if you are pronouncing z and r at the same time.

s (is represented by sh^r to suggest that you pronounce sh with your tongue curled. It is as if you are pronouncing sh and r at the same time.

t (like t in sting) is represented by t. Please note that this is not aspirated, unlike in the English word ton or tin.

v (like v in vase) is represented by v.

x (like s in sun) is represented by s.

ch does not have a counterpart in English, but sounds most similar to ch and j. We chose to represent it by ch.

tr does not have a counterpart in English, but sounds like ch and j with the tongue curled. Therefore, we chose to represent it by j^r.

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