Should I learn Northern Vietnamese or Southern Vietnamese? This is a common question that you have to answer when starting learning Vietnamese. Which Vietnamese dialects? Which Vietnamese accents?
Please note that at the beginning of learning Vietnamese, just pick only one of the accent to follow. And later when you are at the intermediate or advanced level, you can practice listening both Northern and Southern accent. But first, just one of them. That will help you not to be confused.
Who should learn Southern Vietnamese?
- If you intent to live or work in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Mekong Delta area or other provinces and cities in the South such as Đồng Nai, Vũng Tàu, Cần Thơ, Bình Dương, Bình Phước…
- If your purpose of learning Vietnamese is to talk to Vietnamese American people living in the US, you should learn Southern Vietnamese. Because the vast majority of Vietnamese American (người Mỹ gốc Việt = Việt Kiều) speak Southern accent. (Most refugees came out from the South in 1975 and beyond.)
- If your friends come from in the South of Vietnam.
You can save time to learn Southern Vietnamese from the start. And this website LearnVietnameseEasy.com can help you to learn Southern dialect.
Who should learn Northern Vietnamese?
The northern dialect is considered the “standard” dialect, common used in television.
- If you intent to live or work in Hanoi (the capital of Vietname) or other provinces and cities in the North such as Hải Phòng, Quảng Ninh, Thái Bình, Bắc Giang, Điện Biên, Hà Giang…
- If your friends come from in the North of Vietnam.
One more Vietnamese dialect. That’s central dialect.
If you intent to live or work in the Central of Vietnam or your friends come from there, let’s learn central dialect. Here are some provinces and cities in the Central: Huế, Phú Yên, Quảng Nam, Hội An, Quảng Ngãi, Quảng Bình, Bình Định, Quy Nhơn, Nha Trang…
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