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Home to 5 dialects represented on Dialect Atlas, spanning 3 language families.

Vietnamese dialects in Vietnam

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Hanoi Vietnamese

also: Northern Vietnamese, Standard Vietnamese

The Northern Vietnamese variety of Hanoi. The basis of the national standard and of most Vietnamese taught abroad.

Huế Vietnamese

also: Central Vietnamese

The Central Vietnamese variety of Huế. Preserves a distinctive five-tone system and lexicon rooted in the former Nguyễn-dynasty imperial capital.

Saigon Vietnamese

also: Southern Vietnamese, Hồ Chí Minh City

The Southern Vietnamese variety of Ho Chi Minh City. The most widely heard variety abroad, carried by the post-1975 Vietnamese diaspora.

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Hmong dialects in Vietnam

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A cluster of Hmong-Mien languages spoken across the highlands of southern China, northern Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Carried abroad through the post-Vietnam-War Hmong diaspora to the United States, France, and Australia.

Mien dialects in Vietnam

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Mien

also: Yao

A cluster of Hmong-Mien languages spoken by the Yao peoples across southern China and adjacent Southeast Asia. Sister branch to Hmong, with around 800,000 speakers across the diaspora.

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