thổ ngữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 土語 (“dialect”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰo˧˩ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰow˧˨ ŋɨ˧˨]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰow˨˩˦ ŋɨ˨˩˦]

    Noun

    thổ ngữ

    1. (linguistics) dialect
    2. patois
    3. (archaic) autochthonous language

    Usage notes

    • This is often to go-to word for "dialect" in scientific papers by Vietnamese linguists.
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