There
are two different types of diacritics (funny
marks). The first type makes letters
into different
letters,
and the second type is actual tone marks. Here's
the first type:
-Hats:
'a', 'ă' and 'â' are all different letters. So are 'e' and 'ê',
and 'o' and 'ô'.
-Horns:
'o' and 'ơ' are different letters. So are
'u' and 'ư'.
-Stroke:
'd' and 'đ' are different letters.
These
marks don't combine – a letter can't have both a hat and a horn,
for instance.
For
a complete listing of letters, and how to pronounce them all, see Vowels and Consonants.
For
a complete listing of tones and how to pronounce them,
see Tones and pronunciation
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