This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Vietnamese. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

C�� t� thay thē�co tiē�ŋ viēˇt/Ch�nh tả thay thế cho tiếng việt
The Vietnamese alternative orthography

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)

#	Proposed letter	Current letter	IPA
1	A a	Ă ă	[a]
2	Ā ā	A a	[aː]
3	B b	B b	[ɓ]
4	C c	Ch ch	[c~t͡ɕ]
5	D d	Đ đ	[ɗ]
6	E e	E e	[ɛ]
7	Ē ē	� �	[e]
8	� �	� �	[ɜ]
9	˯ �	Ơ ơ	[ɤ]
10	F f	Ph ph	[f]
11	G g	G g, gh	[ɣ]
12	H h	H h	[h]
13	I i	I i, y	[i]
14	� �	Ư ư	[ɯ]
15	J j	Gi gi	[z~ɟ~j]
16	K k	K k, C c	[k]
17	Kh kh	Kh kh	[x~kʰ]
18	L l	L l	[l]
19	M m	M m	[m]
20	N n	N n	[n]
21	� �	Nh nh	[ɲ]
22	Ŋ ŋ	Ng ng	[ŋ]
23	O o	O o	[ɔ]
24	Ō ō	� �	[o]
25	P p	P p	[p]
26	Q q	Qu qu	[kw]
27	R r	R r	[ʐ~z~ɹ]
28	S s	S s	[ʂ]
29	T t	T t	[t]
30	Th th	Th th	[tʰ]
31	Ts ts	Tr tr	[t͡ʂ~c]
32	U u	U u	[u]
33	V v	V v	[v~j]
34	W w	u, o	[w]
35	X x	X x	[s]
36	Y y	Y y	[j]
37	Z z	D d	[z~j]

Tones

#	Tone	Proposed diacritic	Current diacritic
1	mid level ˧	o	o
2	low falling ˨˩	�	�
3	high rising ˧˥	�	�
4	dipping ˧˩˧	�	ỏ
5	glottalized falling ˧˨ˀ	ǒ	ọ
6	glottalized rising ˧˥ˀ	�	�

Text example
Tuyēn ŋōn Qō�k tē� ��n qiē`n; Diē`u 1

T�t cā~ mǒi ŋ��`i si� ra dē`u d��ˇk t�ˇ zo v� b�� d�ŋ vē` ��n f�~m v� qiē`n. Mǒi kon ŋ��`i dē`u d��ˇk tāˇo hoā� ban co l� ts� v� l��ŋ t�m v� k�`n fā~i dō�i x�~ v믴i �au tsoŋ t�� b�ŋ h�^u.

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