thổ ngữ

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰo˧˩ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰow˧˨ ŋɨ˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʰow˨˩˦ ŋɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

thổ ngữ

1. (linguistics) dialect

Usage notes

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