Vietnamese/Vowels
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| Vowels | Phoneme | English equivalent sounds |
| a | /aː/ | father |
| ă | /a/ | father (spoken very fast) |
| â | /ɜ/ | but |
| e | /ɛ/ or /ɛə/ | pet, yeah |
| ê | /e/ | may |
| i or y | /i/ | me |
| o | /ɔ/ | saw |
| ô | /o/ | spoke |
| ơ | /ə:/ | luck |
| u | /u/ | boo |
| ư | /ɨ/ | roses |
