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Vietnamese vs Glottalization - What's the difference?

vietnamese | glottalization |

As nouns the difference between vietnamese and glottalization

is that vietnamese is inhabitant of Vietnam, person of Vietnamese descent while glottalization is the act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.

As an adjective Vietnamese

is of or pertaining to Vietnam.

As a proper noun Vietnamese

is a language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.

vietnamese

English

(wikipedia Vietnamese)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to Vietnam.

    • Noun

    (Vietnamese)
  • Inhabitant of Vietnam, person of Vietnamese descent.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.

    • See also

    * (vi) * Language list * * *

    External links

    * English invariant nouns English plurals ----

    glottalization

    English

    Noun

  • (linguistics) The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.
  • :Examples of glottalization include creaky voice, and the interrupted tones of Vietnamese.
  • (linguistics) Transformation of a consonant into a glottal stop or fricative.

    • Derived terms

    *t-glottalization

    Related terms

    *glottalized *glottalic