thanh ngang

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰajŋ̟˧˧ ŋaːŋ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰɛɲ˧˧ ŋaːŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰan˧˧ ŋaːŋ˧˧]

Noun

thanh ngang

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

Coordinate terms

• thanh huyền
• thanh hỏi
• thanh ngã
• thanh sắc
• thanh nặng