Pronunciation

Tones

In Vietnamese, syllables can have six different tones, with five of them indicated by tone marks applied to the syllable's main vowel. Tone marks can be combined with the other diacritics.

a
flat

á
high rising; example: đấy, like saying "day?"

à
low

ã
creaky

ả
falling, then rising

ạ
a low "a'ah"