Editing Homophone (section)

=== Vietnamese ===
It is estimated that there are approximately 4,500 to 4,800&nbsp;possible syllables in Vietnamese, depending on the dialect.<ref>{{Cite web |title=vietnamese tone marks pronunciation |website=pronunciator.com |url=https://pronunciator.com/rj7v7/aac5d9-vietnamese-tone-marks-pronunciation |access-date=2021-02-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518011953/https://www.pronunciator.com/rj7v7/aac5d9-vietnamese-tone-marks-pronunciation |archive-date=2022-05-18}}</ref> The exact number is difficult to calculate because there are significant differences in pronunciation among the dialects. For example, the graphemes and digraphs "d", "gi", and "r" are all pronounced /z/ in the Hanoi dialect, so the words ''dao'' (knife), ''giao'' (delivery), and ''rao'' (advertise) are all pronounced /zaw˧/. In Saigon dialect, however, the graphemes and digraphs "d", "gi", and "v" are all pronounced /j/, so the words ''dao'' (knife), ''giao'' (delivery), and ''vao'' (enter) are all pronounced /jaw˧/.

Pairs of words that are homophones in one dialect may not be homophones in the other. For example, the words ''sắc'' (sharp) and ''xắc'' (dice) are both pronounced /săk˧˥/ in Hanoi dialect, but pronounced /ʂăk˧˥/ and /săk˧˥/ in Saigon dialect respectively.
{{See also|Vietnamese phonology}}