thanh ngang

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ ŋaːŋ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ ŋaːŋ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰan˧˧ ŋaːŋ˧˧]

Noun

thanh ngang

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

Coordinate terms

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