Xi-xi-li-a
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian Sicilia. The Italian phoneme /tʃ/ is generally rendered as the Vietnamese letter ⟨x⟩ and phoneme /s/, as if the Italian letter ⟨c⟩ was supposed to be pronounced like a "soft c" in French. Compare Phi-bô-na-xi (“Fibonacci”). French also influences how German names are rendered in Vietnamese.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [si˧˧ si˧˧ li˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [sɪj˧˧ sɪj˧˧ lɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [sɪj˧˧ sɪj˧˧ lɪj˧˧ ʔaː˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: xi xi li a
Proper noun
[edit]Xi-xi-li-a