thổ ngữ
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 土語 (“dialect”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰo˧˩ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰow˧˨ ŋɨ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰow˨˩˦ ŋɨ˨˩˦]
Noun edit
Usage notes edit
- This is often to go-to word for "dialect" in scientific papers by Vietnamese linguists.